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Papillary muscle resection as a treatment for midventricular obstruction
Kazuhiro Kochi1, Kenji Okada, Masanobu Watari
1First Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
Abstract:
We have experienced a surgically treated case of midventricular obstruction. A simple mitral valve replacement was effective to relieve the obstruction and to increase the cavity of the left ventricular outflow tract without a myectomy through the aortic valve.