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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 58, 536-540, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Spark erosion myectomy in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

LP Maat, CJ Slager, LA van Herwerden, JC Schuurbiers, RJ van Suylen, MJ Kofflard, FJ ten Cate and E Bos
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

The design features of the cutting electrode and the electrical characteristics of a monopolar electrosurgical device were specially adapted for performing a septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Both the cutting behavior and electrode design were found to facilitate myectomy.


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