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septal myectomy and mitral valve repair
My husband is diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 2007 .He is on toprol all these years.but now having some syptoms like shortness of breath and moderate mitral insufficency .He needs to get a valve repair.we are fro texas and i coudnt find a good hospital for these two procedures .Any recommendation about the hospitals ?Is there any complication after the myectomy .
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Which Mayo location are you going to? The only Dr. Zayed I find is a family medicine doc at a satellite location.
Rochester MN .i think it is DR Said .I asked for dr Scaff ..Do you thibk we have to go for a consultation first and then for surgery? .Beacuse they asked us we can do both in one trip.
Did you get a pacemaker or defibrillator after the surgery ?
You can do both in one trip. It is up to you. I did both in one trip and scheduled it that way on purpose.
I already had an ICD before the myectomy so that didn’t change anything. The surgery shouldn’t require you to have one unless you already had an alcohol ablation. The only reason for an ICD would be if you have enough risk factors which make you at risk for sudden death.
Thank you so much !! I checked with the clinic today regarding the surgeon .There is one Dr Said who is doing this surgery ..But i am not confident ,so i might be doing the surgery with Dr schaff in May ..
Then it must be this doctor:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/said-sameh-m-m-d/bio-20149338
I do not know him, but I am sure Mayo would not let him operate unless he was properly trained. I know that they were training someone else do myectomy surgery as the demand is increasing.
please help.I went with my husband today to see a local surgeon just for consultation.My husband has Hcm with SAM septal.He told us he has the thickness all over and if he do the septal myectomy he will ended up for transplantaion in 5 yrs .That freaked me out .
Is it extended myectomy for those who having this type of thickness?
i saw from your post that you had an extended myectomy .
I had an extended myectomy 10 1/2 years ago and am doing great. Best advice is to go with a very experienced surgeon. I also have concentric hypertrophy (the thickness all over) and the surgery helped me tremendously and I am nowhere close to transplant. Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic are top two in U.S. Where are you located?
Often when a doctor’s knowledge is limited on HCM, they say things that may not be based on fact. (similar to a certain president I know). Just because he’s a doctor in a big hospital does not mean he’s up to date on HCM. During my pre AICD, Pre myectomy days with a lousy HMO, Thy had me see 12 doctors. Some of LA County’s finest and the limited experience with HCM was shocking. It may be worse in smaller communities. Seek help at an COE.
Thank you so much !!
I am in Austin texas ..I got an appointment with dr oommen and schaff in April. Did you also have a SAM hypertrophie ?
Yes I did. He is in great hands at Mayo, I have felt much better since my surgery. There is much they can do with myectomy at Mayo and you see with the right surgeon in case your husband needs an apical approach as well.