title: Echo-guided transaortic left ventricular myotomy for idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Engineering and Cardiology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yambe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katahira
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saijo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sonobe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naganuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakinuma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miura
mesh_terms: 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