The First Operation for Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Dr Dwight McGoon, 1972

Anita Nguyen; Hartzell V Schaff; William R Miranda; A Jamil Tajik

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.053

The First Operation for Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Dr Dwight McGoon, 1972

Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Aug;104(2):e133-e136. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.053.

Authors

Anita Nguyen¹, Hartzell V Schaff², William R Miranda³, A Jamil Tajik⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁴ Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

PMID: 28734434
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.053

Abstract

The first operation for apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) was performed on September 7, 1972 by Dr Dwight McGoon at Mayo Clinic on a 16-year-old boy who was thought to have a cardiac neoplasm.

Publication types

Historical Article
Portrait

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / history*
Cardiologists / history*
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / history*
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / surgery
History, 20th Century
Humans
United States