title: Septal myectomy with loop electrosurgical electrode for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Excellent results have been described for surgical relief of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Transaortic septal myectomy is technically demanding, especially when the lesion extends deep to the midcavity of left ventricle. A loop electrosurgical electrode is used to satisfactorily circumvent this problem.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, People's Republic of China. c9112772@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Jen-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chiung-Lun
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Cheng-I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yuan-Kai
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004566:Electrodes; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*