%0 Journal Article %T When is early septal myectomy in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy justified? %A Bansal, Neha %A Barach, Paul %A Amdani, Shahnawaz M. %A Lipshultz, Steven E. %J Translational Pediatrics %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! When is early septal myectomy in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy justified? %K %X Pediatric cardiomyopathy is a debilitating disease that leads to pump failure and sudden death; in fact, it is the leading cause of heart failure in children (1). Cardiomyopathy and heart failure in infants and children remain serious population health crises for children and their families and confer a great cost burden on society (2-5). In the United States, the estimated annual incidence of congenital cardiovascular malformations or cardiomyopathy in infants, children, and adolescents less than 19 years old is between 12,000 and 35,000 (6). %U https://tp.amegroups.org/article/view/21315 %V 7 %N 4 %P 362-366 %@ 2224-4344