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Diagnosed with HOCM last year. May be time for surgery

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) | Last Active: Feb 28, 2017 | Replies (47)
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@Komalin

<p>I am diagnonised with asymmetric septal hypertrophy with IVSD 1.6 ,no blocks, please let me know under what circumstances i should go for surgery?</p>

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Cynaburst, Alumna Mentor | @cynaburst | Mar 15, 2016

Hi @Komalin,

Myectomy surgery is warranted where a patient with HCM has an outflow tract gradient of 30 mm.HG or more. Basically, this means that you have to have the obstructive form of HCM and you have to have symptoms that are not responsive to medications that are commonly used to treat symptoms of HCM like shortness of breath and chest pain. They will always try the medications first to see if they can relieve the symptoms. If that doesn't work, then surgery can be considered.

The best thing for you to do is to visit a doctor/hospital where they are expert in treating HCM. Mayo Clinic is such a place, but there are others depending on where you live. Any HCM expert would be able to advise whether you are a candidate for surgery or whether there are medications you can try to help your symptoms.

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