The septal thickness, measured at the zone responsible for the LV obstruction, was 20 mm--making the patient eligible for either surgical myectomy ... Unit of the Cardiac Surgery Department ...

This lack of experience translated into worse outcomes for patients. For instance, those who underwent septal myectomy at low ...

During the surgery, the malfunctioning aortic valve ... and four underwent septal myectomy—removal of abnormally thickened heart muscle. At follow-up, Dr. Shetty's team found that survival ...

Surgical myectomy (a.k.a. septal myectomy) is simply performed ... dysfunction (if other myocardial segments are damaged during surgery), or the development of complete heart block (due to injury ...