Why the study?
Does septal myotomy-myectomy prevent the progression of hypertrophy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy compared to medical therapy?
Population
39 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Comparison
Septal myotomy-myectomy vs Medical treatment (including propranolol)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 42 months
Authors
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Myotomy-myectomy may halt hypertrophy progression versus medical therapy; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice without randomized trials.
Does septal myotomy-myectomy prevent the progression of hypertrophy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy compared to medical therapy?
Echocardiography can detect the progression of hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which appears to be prevented by septal myotomy-myectomy.
Domenicucci et al. (1985) studied this question.
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