Echo-guided transaortic left ventricular myotomy for idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis.
Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS) is a progressive cardiac disease known to induce sudden death occasionally. The authors tested echocardiography as a method of guiding myotomy, and observed its clinical usefulness as a safe surgical procedure for IHSS.
Nitta
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Department of Medical Engineering and Cardiology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Yambe
T
T
Nitta
K
K
Katahira
Y
Y
Saijo
Y
Y
Sonobe
T
T
Naganuma
S
S
Kakinuma
Y
Y
Tanaka
M
M
Miura
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male