Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9980279 | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Either alcohol ablation or myectomy offers substantial clinical improvement for patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Hemodynamic resolution of the obstruction and its sequelae is more complete with myectomy. Residual lesions after alcohol ablation might affect longer-term outcomes.
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Authors
Anthony MD, Anna MD, Brian W. MD, MPH, Jonathan L. BSc, Leonard MD, Harry MD, E. Douglas MD, William G. MD,