Fig. 3From: Systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve associated with acute type A aortic dissection: a case report describing one-step surgery of ascending aortic replacement and interventricular septal myectomyNeedle stick technique of the interventricular septal muscle resection. a Exposure of the part of the interventricular muscle to be resected. Black asterisk indicates the interventricular septal bulge. b Resected part of the interventricular septal muscle. c Resected muscle pieces of 278Â mg in totalBack to article page