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Minimally invasive septal myectomy via ministernotomy appears feasible and effective for symptomatic HOCM.
This report outlines a minimally invasive septal myectomy technique via ministernotomy for treating symptomatic, medically refractory hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
Supports ministernotomy myectomy feasibility in HOCM; hypothesis-generating and requires comparative trials before wider adoption.
Surgical septal myectomy is the treatment of choice for patients with symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy refractory to medications. This report describes our minimally invasive approach for performing a septal myectomy via a ministernotomy that has been used at our institution for more than a decade. In particular, patient preparation, surgical technique, and clinical considerations are highlighted. Performed properly, this minimally invasive technique is a feasible and effective approach in our experience.
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Musharbash et al. (2017) studied Symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy refractory to medications. Minimally invasive septal myectomy via a ministernotomy was evaluated. Minimally invasive septal myectomy via a ministernotomy is described as a feasible and effective approach for symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
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