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Hi

what are the remedies of it....only ablation...how much is it succesful ....should i go for it.pl. advise.
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In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the growth and arrangement of muscle fibers are abnormal, leading to thickened heart walls. The greatest thickening tends to occur in the left ventricle (the heart's main pumping chamber), especially in the septum , the wall that separates the left and right ventricles. The thickening reduces the size of the pumping chamber and obstructs blood flow. It also prevents the heart from properly relaxing between beats and so filling with blood.

The condition is also referred to as diastolic dysfunction or restricted myocardiomyopathy.  The filling chamber (left ventricle) is reduced do to an overgrowth of LV wall and septum compromising the volume of blood to be pumped into circulation.
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