Eighty-six percent of patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart’s ability to pump blood is impeded by a thickened heart muscle, reported an improved overall quality of life after undergoing septal myectomy, a type of open-heart surgery, according to a Nov. 13 press release from Cleveland Clinic.
The study, presented at the 2021 American Heart Association’s virtual Scientific Sessions, is the first prospective report in which patients with the condition reported improved quality of life following surgery.
Researchers used the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire on 136 patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who underwent surgical myectomy and completed follow-up.
Ninety-two percent of patients achieved the primary endpoint with 80 percent showing large improvements.