title: A new technique to avoid the intraoperative complications of septal myectomy in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Although transaortic septal myectomy in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (OHC) is accepted as a safe procedure, it may end up with serious peroperative complications. We developed a practical method to avoid this unfavorable outcome by using a 20-cc syringe body. We believe this apparatus will provide safe and effective septal myectomy procedures without additional cost.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Baskent University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oguz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Omay
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozker
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Celebi
authors.forename: Kaya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzer
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozgol
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016896:Treatment Outcome