Why the study?
Does septal myectomy reduce resting gradients and septal thickness in patients with idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis as visualized by echocardiography?
Does septal myectomy reduce resting gradients and septal thickness in patients with idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis as visualized by echocardiography?
Septal myectomy consistently reduces resting gradients and septal thickness, which can be effectively visualized and assessed using M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography.
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May inform echocardiographic follow-up after myectomy; leaves open confirmation in larger prospective series.
Schapira et al. (1978) studied this question.
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