title: Controversies in cardiovascular medicine. Most fully informed patients choose septal ablation over septal myectomy.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114-2696, USA. mfifer@partners.org
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fifer
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D012449:Safety