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Spark erosion myectomy in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
L P Maat1, C J Slager, L A van Herwerden
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 1, 1994
Abstract:
The design features of the cutting electrode and the electrical characteristics of a monopolar electrosurgical device were specially adapted for performing a septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Both the cutting behavior and electrode design were found to facilitate myectomy.