Surgical pathology of subaortic septal myectomy associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A study of 204 cases (1996–2000)

Background: No large surgical series have qualitatively examined all histopathologic features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Methods: Medical records and microscopic slides were reviewed from 204 patients undergoing septal myectomy for HCM at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Results: The 108 females an...

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Published in:Cardiovascular pathology 2003-05, Vol.12 (3), p.149-158
Main Authors: Lamke, Geoffrey T., Allen, Rachel D., Edwards, William D., Tazelaar, Henry D., Danielson, Gordon K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Amyloidosis
Aorta - pathology
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - pathology
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - physiopathology
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - surgery
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Heart Septum - pathology
Heart Septum - surgery
Humans
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardium - pathology
Septal myectomy
Surgical pathology
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Summary:Background: No large surgical series have qualitatively examined all histopathologic features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Methods: Medical records and microscopic slides were reviewed from 204 patients undergoing septal myectomy for HCM at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Results: The 108 females and 96 males (1–86 years old; mean, 48) included 133 patients
ISSN:1054-8807
1879-1336
DOI:10.1016/S1054-8807(03)00036-X