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Late Health Status of Patients Undergoing Myectomy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Friday, June 4, 2021

Submitted by

Christopher Anderson

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.011

Author(s)

Anita Nguyen, MBBS, Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, Steve R. Ommen, MD, Bernard J. Gersh, MBChB, DPhil, Joseph A. Dearani, MD, Jeffrey B. Geske, MD, Brian D. Lahr, MS, Rick A. Nishimura, MD

Septal myectomy leads to excellent symptomatic relief in most patients, and more than 80% report subjective improvement in health status. Important predictors of worsening health included coronary artery disease and poor preoperative health status.