S Nitta, T Yambe, K Nitta, Y Katahira, Y Saijo, T Sonobe, S Naganuma, Y Kakinuma, M Tanaka, M Miura
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Abstract
Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS) is a progressive cardiac disease known to induce sudden death occasionally. The authors tested echocardiography as a method of guiding myotomy, and observed its clinical usefulness as a safe surgical procedure for IHSS.