Why the study?
Does surgical treatment improve prognosis in patients with typical hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy?
Population
339 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathies (typical HOCM, n = 224; atypical HOCM, n = 30; HNCM, n = 80)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May support surgical referral in refractory typical HOCM; hypothesis-generating without randomized confirmation versus propranolol.
Does surgical treatment improve prognosis in patients with typical hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy?
Surgical treatment appears to be the therapy of choice and improves prognosis in patients with typical hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, particularly in advanced stages refractory to medical therapy.
Loogen et al. (1983) studied this question.
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