Short and medium term outcomes of surgery for patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

Background: We report one surgeon's experience of corrective surgery for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) over a 10-year span and comment on factors that influence longer term outcomes. Septal myectomy (SM) and adjunctive procedures, including shortening of the aorta, a novel technique in HOCM patients, are described.

Methods: Perioperative data were obtained by retrospective review of institutional surgical databases between 2001 and 2011.