cardiomyotomy (Heller's cardiomyotomy)
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Indications
- achalasia of the gastric cardia (Heller's Cardiomyotomy)
Notes
- myotomy performed for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy would seem linguistically cardiomyopathy, but this seems not the common usage of the term
More general terms
References
- ↑ Kennedy R, Menezes C, Ahmad J, Kennedy JA. Laparoscopic cardiomyotomy for achalasia: A single unit study. Ulster Med J. 2010 Jan;79(1):16-9. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20844726 Free PMC Article