A new technique to avoid the intraoperative complications of septal myectomy in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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.
Omay
Oguz
O
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Baskent University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ozker
Emre
E
Celebi
Serdar
S
Suzer
Kaya
K
Ozgol
Ilhan
I
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