Surgical treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in relatively elderly patients: Short- and long-term outcomes.
Elisabetta LapennaTeodora NisiDavide CarinoBenedetto Del FornoStefania RuggeriDavide SchiaviRoberta MeneghinRoberto Macrì DemartinoAlessandro CastiglioniFrancesco MaisanoOttavio R AlfieriMichele De BonisPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
Selected elderly symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy can benefit from surgery, with low hospital mortality and morbidity, relief of symptoms and late survival comparable to that expected in the age-sex matched general population.