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Mayo Clinic Q&A: When is surgery needed for a thickened heart muscle?

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My older sister was recently diagnosed with thickened heart muscle, and her doctor recommended a procedure called a "septal myectomy." I’ve never[...]

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