Cardiovascular Diseases and Cardiac Surgery

Overview

Mayo Clinic heart specialists describe contemporary clinical and surgical management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Steve R. Ommen, M.D., a cardiologist specializing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, reviews the condition and medical management for patients diagnosed with the disease.

Hartzell V. Schaff, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in myectomy procedures, details the advances in surgical treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, including septal and apical myectomy procedures.