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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) surgery and procedure options: What to know about septal myectomy, septal ablation, and heart transplant

When medications arent doing enough to manage your hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), surgical procedures can offer real relief. HCM is a genetic heart condition in which parts of the heart muscle ...
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New study highlights impact of experience on outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy septal reduction procedures

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited condition that affects up to 750,000 people in the United States. It often involves left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Septal reduction therapies ...
Healthline

Septal Myectomy: Surgery for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Septal myectomy removes part of a thickened septum to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. It can improve severe symptoms that do not respond to ...
Medical Xpress

Study shows impact of experience on outcomes in cardiac septal reduction procedures

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine have published a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association that focuses on how the volume of ...
UUHC Health Feed

Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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 ...