Septal myectomy is an open-heart surgical procedure in which part of the thickened septum of the heart muscle is removed. It can improve symptoms in people with severe HCM, and complications are rare.

Septal myectomy has been the gold standard treatment for the relief left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and cardiac symptoms in both adults and children with obstructive hypertrophic ...

For patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that doesn’t improve with standard therapy, surgery may be the next choice. In France, a new study was conducted to compare the incidence of in-hospital ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was associated with greater rate of 10-year ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY — A retrospective study of more than 10,000 septal-reduction procedures for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) shows a roughly fourfold increase in in-hospital death at ...

In January 2007, investigators reported the results of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) before and after myectomy (n = 24) or alcohol septal ablation (n = 24). [9] The findings, published in ...

"Older patients often tolerate medications poorly and younger patients may feel lethargic and tired with beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. These patients would be appropriate candidates for ...

The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Program at University of Utah Health is one of the nation’s few programs for comprehensive HCM evaluation and management. Our multidisciplinary team works ...