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Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Surgical Myectomy and Septal Ablation.
Circulation research - 15 Sept 2017
Nishimura Rick A, Seggewiss Hubert, Schaff Hartzell V
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic disorder characterized by marked hypertrophy of the myocardium. It is frequently accompanied by dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and symptoms of dyspnea, angina, and syncope. The initial therapy for symptomatic patients with obstruction is medical therapy with β-blockers and calcium antagonists. However, there remain a subset of patients who have...
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