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Is surgery the gold standard in the treatment of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Author(s) -
G V Knyshov,
V. V. Lazoryshynets,
K. V. Rudenko,
Borys B. Kravchuk,
V. M. Beshlyaga,
V. Zalevsky,
Olga V. Rasputniak,
Bogdan Batsak
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivs352
Subject(s) - medicine , septal myectomy , cardiology , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , alcohol septal ablation , ventricle , cardiomyopathy , ventricular outflow tract , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , myotomy , atrial fibrillation , surgery , heart failure , obstructive cardiomyopathy , esophagus , achalasia
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a complex and relatively common genetic cardiac disease and has been the subject of intensive scrutiny and investigation for over 40 years. The aim of this non-randomized cohort study was to compare subjective and objective outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients undergoing drug therapy, surgical myotomy-myectomy, dual-chamber pacing and alcohol septal ablation.

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