European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on January 17, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(3):296-298; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm561
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Septal myectomy: cut, coil, or boil?
Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Berne, Switzerland
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This editorial refers to Non-surgical septal myocardial reduction by coil embolization for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: early and 6 months follow-up by E. Durand et al.,
on page 348
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is characterized by asymmetric septal hypertrophy with outflow tract obstruction in approximately one-third of patients. However, recent studies suggest that obstruction may be present in up to 70% of patients with enhanced sympathetic activation under exercise conditions.1 Clinical features are dyspnoea on exertion, angina pectoris, and atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, which mainly are due to diastolic dysfunction, whereas syncope and
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