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Nonsurgical Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
HENEIN MICHAEL Y.,
GIBSON DEREK G.,
SIGWART ULRICH
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00115.x
Subject(s) - hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , medicine , chest pain , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , heart failure
Nonsurgical septal reduction has been proposed as a means of treating patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy whose symptoms of exercise limitation by chest pain or breathlessness are inadequately controlled with standard medical therapy (i.e., beta blockers, calcium antagonists, or even DDD pacing).