The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 634-640 , March 2010

Apical myectomy: A new surgical technique for management of severely symptomatic patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Read at the Eighty-ninth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Boston, Mass, May 9–13, 2009.

  • Hartzell V. Schaff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
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  • Morgan L. Brown, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Joseph A. Dearani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Martin D. Abel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Steve R. Ommen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Paul Sorajja, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • A. Jamil Tajik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Ariz
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  • Rick A. Nishimura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn

Received 8 May 2009 ,Revised 10 June 2009 ,Accepted 5 July 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01424-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.079

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 634-640 , March 2010

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