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The study by Holst and colleagues 1 Holst K.A. Schaff H.V. Smedira N.G. et al. Impact of hospital volume on outcomes of septal myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022; 114: 2131-2139https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.062 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (2) Google Scholar in this issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery adds septal myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to a well-established and growing list of specialized cardiothoracic surgical procedures where the “best” results are obtained in high-volume reference centers . For the authors—themselves largely from such high-volume centers—the results probably tell them what they know and reinforces their practice. Impact of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyThe Annals of Thoracic SurgeryVol. 114Issue 6PreviewLeft ventricular outflow tract obstruction is common among symptomatic patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, yet septal reduction by surgical myectomy (septal myectomy [SM]) is performed infrequently in many centers. This study examined the possible relationship between institutional case volume and early outcomes of SM. Full-Text PDF
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