Catheter Treatment for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
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[Catheter treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy].
BASIC PROBLEMS AND OBJECTIVE In addition to medication with negative inotropic drugs, surgical myectomy and DDD pacemaker implantation are standard procedures in the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). In a preliminary series the results obtained with a recently described method, consisting of transcatheter myocardial reduction, are evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS Six...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.790865