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Nonsurgical Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Michael Y. Henein1, Derek G. Gibson, Ulrich Sigwart
1Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, SW3 6NP, London, UK.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
|February 15, 2001
Abstract:
Nonsurgical septal reduction has been proposed as a means of treating patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy whose symptoms of exercise limitation by chest pain or breathlessness are inadequately controlled with standard medical therapy (i.e., beta blockers, calcium antagonists, or even DDD pacing).