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How symptoms guide surgery decisions for people with thickened heart muscle
Hearing that someone you love may need heart surgery can be scary, especially when you're also trying to understand an unfamiliar heart condition. In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, treatment usually starts with medication.
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In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), patients first receive medication to manage the condition. When symptoms persist despite medical therapy, surgery may become the preferred treatment. Cardiovascular surgeon Joseph Dearani, M.D., at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota explains that surgical intervention is considered for those whose symptoms do not improve with drugs. The decision to operate hinges on ongoing symptom severity rather than other factors.
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