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European Cardiomyopathy Center

Medical Center dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and surgery of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HOCM) Benefiting from the support of Prof.

“European Cardiomyopathy Center”, within the Monza Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, founded by Dr. Lucian Dorobantu-cardiovascular surgeon-is the only center in Central and Eastern Europe dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and surgery of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / HOCM. Dr. Paolo Ferrazzi, international expert in the HOCM surgery, the Romanian team approaches an original surgical technique-one-piece septal myectomy, which brings the benefit of preserving the mitral valve, with a success rate of over 99%, the highest rate in the world. With an expertise of over 100 cases performed by the Romanian surgical team and over 1000 cases together with the reunited team of the Policlinico di Monza Group, Italy, the center in Romania became in 2016 the 2nd center in Europe, as the number of dedicated surgeries of this pathology.

30/12/2022

Because the year is coming to an end, we feel to look back with gratitude for those who got involved with us in the difficult treatment and surgery of Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy / giving new chances for our patients.
We want to thank every member of our excelent team-European Cardiomyopathy Center/ -involved in our evolution this year-and we want to thank all of you, dear patients, for your trust.
Don’t forget something important: our limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. Behind the limits, new are coming. This is our way of forward-thinking, the thought of hope which we would like to consider next year, because every ending is in fact the opportunity for a new beginning.
We wish you a Very Happy New Year! The best is yet to come.

21/12/2022

“A heart in a vice". This is how it looks the life.

“When do you worry about chest pain and when do you let it go? “.
“Feels like a hand squeezing my heart.”
“When I do get up and moving, I'd say I get lightheadedness and near fainting 50% of the time.”
“I have shortness of breath and major fatigue.
Out of shape feeling all the time”.
“I was experiencing lightheadedness when I went from crouching/sitting to standing. I unfortunately passed out while gardening.”
“Getting tired after big meals was another common symptom for me. I feel tired all the time, especially when I’m getting dress and climbing a few stairs.”
“I can barely catch my breath with the slightest of effort now”.
“I can feel the blood not getting to my feet and head.”
“I have bad anxiety though and have had really poor sleep lately, feel exhausted. “
“I've never actually passed out but felt like I'm getting close each time.”

They are people who continue to fight for their lives looking to understand this condition- -and to find the medical solutions for a better quality of life.

This is what we stand for. Stay close to find out more stories about , stories to inspire!

Does anyone else experience the same issues?
You can write your story by e-mailing us on:
✉️ info@hocm.eu
🌐 Visit: www.hocm.eu

13/12/2022

With a long history behind, even after 6 decades, the septal stood the test of time and continues to be recommended as mainstay primary treatment option for highly symptomatic drug-refractory patients with HCM to immediately and permanently abolish mechanical obstruction to LV/left ventricle outflow.

From the planning of the intervention to surgery itself, more than other cardiovascular pathologies, the hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy/ is personalized par excellence.

At the European Cardiomyopathy Center, the surgical team coordinated by Prof. Dr. Lucian Dorobantu performs not only a the one-piece-myectomy, but a technique of the LV/left ventricle reshaping with the best outcomes in terms of relieving symptoms and reversing progressive HF/heart failure caused by outflow obstruction.

Prof. Dr. Lucian Dorobantu explains: “Equally we have managed to standardize the HOCM surgery as we personalize the method as well in a disease that is not standard at all, on a contrary given the heterogeneity of the cases. Our technique stood the test of time, the surgical treatment offering patients some of the most striking clinical benefits achievable in the heart surgery by relieving symptoms and returning to an unrestricted normal lifestyle.”

Myectomy is recommended to be performed in experienced multidisciplinary centers dedicated to HCM. We invite you to read extensively about the surgical technique that we practice in our center on: https://hocm.eu/about-hocm/one-piece-myectomy/

22/11/2022

The European Cardiomyopathy Center is the only medical center in , and one of the top five centers in Europe with the proper expertise, able to diagnose and treat the hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy/ .

When can you request a Second opinion?
❓If you have been diagnosed with HOCM but you are unsure about the medical outcome.
❓If you have been treated of HOCM but symptoms continue.
❓If it has been presented to you a risky surgical intervention and you are still unsure about this decision.
You may need a Second opinion.

The European Cardiomyopathy Center, Bucharest, Romania, a HOCM Center of Excellence/ specialized in this disease can help you find out the best therapeutic solution through a multidisciplinary approach in a personalized manner.

We are ready to offer you an outstanding approach within the HOCM treatment and surgery field.
For these services you only need to send an e-mail with your medical file to our Patient Care Manager:https://hocm.eu/second-opinion/

15/11/2022

Recommended by the successful and extended casuistry, European Cardiomyopathy Center, Center of Ecellence in the diagnosis and surgery of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy/ , -opens the gates for the patients from abroad.

Here is one of our patients a young woman of 23-year-old, with a history of partial atrioventricular canal defect correction and mitral valve repair in 2005, followed by another reoperation due to severe residual mitral valve regurgitation with implantation of mechanical mitral valve prosthesis in 2018, operated in hospitals from Georgia and USA, left with some unresolved problems, very similar as mechanism and etiology with the hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

Reading more about this disease on the Internet, Lika found our center and she immediately addressed to us for a . Fortunately, she managed to find an immediate response and in a very short time, the long-awaited solution.

The surgery performed very well. It was a very challenging case even for our experienced surgeons because the patient presented a left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) after implantation of mechanical mitral valve prosthesis due to interposition of anterior papillary muscle into left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) which is quite rare.

Prof. Dr. Lucian Dorobantu, MD, Senior cardiovascular surgeon specialized in HOCM, coordinator of the European Cardiomyopathy Center: “The surgical procedure consisted in resection of anterior papillary muscle, shallow septal and preservation of the mitral valve prosthesis. Our patient was diagnosed with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) in another hospital based on the fact that she had a hypertrophy of the interventricular septum basal part and a high gradient into LVOT. Nevertheless hypertrophy in our patient case was only mild, severe degree obstruction in LVOT could still be present, on account of the anomaly of the mitral valve. Such patients pose a real problem to the surgery, because a myectomy is dangerous to be done, having the risk of ventricular septal perforation. Therefore, the plasty of the mitral valve like in Ferrazzi’s technique which we have performed is of great value in such complex cases.”

The patient recovered well after the operation and she was discharged on the 7th postoperative day. She left the hospital in a very good shape, very glad that she got rid of those invaliding symptoms of breathing hard, feeling tired during simple things as getting dressed or climbing a few stairs.

Maybe the most valuable lesson we have learned from our patients- -is the courage when they are faced with this diagnosis. The courage to fight for their life. The courage to ignore time and distance. The courage to say: I could lose everything in life but I choose instead to gain a whole world.

Stay in touch with us to find out our “Big-hearted stories” inspiring your own journey.

Discover more on: https://hocm.eu/our-patients/

10/11/2022

According to both European and American medical guidelines, the recommended therapy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with drug refractory limiting symptoms due to the left ventricle outflow obstruction is the surgical approach through .

The myectomy involves the extended muscular resection of the septum in order to sufficiently enlarge the ejection tract of the left ventricle and thus to reduce the systolic anterior motion/SAM movement of the mitral valve. It represents at this moment a I class indication therapy for HOCM recommended to be done in specialized centers.

With an expertise of over 130 cases performed by the Romanian surgical team and over 800 cases together with the reunited team of the Policlinico di Monza Group, Italy, the European Cardiomyopathy Center became one of the most important specialized HOCM centers in Europe, as the number of dedicated surgeries of this pathology.

The European Cardiomyopathy Center, coordinated by Prof. Lucian Dorobanțu, MD-Senior cardiovascular surgeon specialized in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy/ -is performing one-piece-myectomy technique that involves the resection of the septum in one piece, whose dimensions are strictly calculated and designed individually for each patient.

Prof. Lucian Dorobanțu, MD: “We reshape the heart architecture by performing in each patient a mitral valve apparatus reconstruction mainly by cutting the secondary chordae of the mitral valve and mobilization of the papillary muscles. Technically difficult, it can be performed only after a long experience and it is based on the data obtained from the echocardiography and the cardiac MRI.”

Recognized worldwide and published by The Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2019, this method aims to preserve the mitral valve (correcting its defects) in > 98% of cases which is a notable benefit for the patient’s quality of life and a step forward in this type of surgery.

Our special technique relieves symptoms in >98% of patients turning most to daily routine and improving the quality of life with a long-term survival benefit. Performed in dedicated multidisciplinary centers, perioperative mortality for myectomy has declined overtime under 1%, becoming one of the safest currently performed open-heart surgery.

Discover more about our technique on the NEW website: https://hocm.eu/about-hocm/

03/11/2022

Our status-quo as a team: innovation and progress within the hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy/ field.

The scientific research is fundamental in up-gradation of HOCM field in order to provide better and precise therapeutic solutions and timely scientific up-date.

We are proud to share with you that the most relevant HOCM panel-Barry J Maron, MD, Joseph A. Dearani, MD, Nicholas G. Smedira, MD, Mark V. Sherrid, MD, Martin S. Maron, MD, Paolo Ferrazzi, MD-World-leading experts in the HOCM surgery have mentioned the scientific contribution of Prof. Lucian Dorobantu MD, Founding Member of the European Cardiomyopathy Center, Bucharest, Romania- in an outstanding article recently published on the American Journal of Cardiology.

We are honored to be nominated among the World Center of Excellence/ in the surgical treatment of HOCM and to contribute to such a great co-working experience at the highest scientific level.

Our forward-thinking means we never stand still. We constantly innovate keeping in focus the progress within the field of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy for the benefit of our patients’ quality of life.

Find out more about this study on: https://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(22)00649-X/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR2jnuxj2YUc2Qj4m7vPBIO04-UA66eMS6Kgfy8AAO7pubMgVjlHA9gdKm0 #.YwR8LdRpna4.facebook

31/10/2022

We invite you to discover people who share the same mission-vision and the same human values as well. We are a team because we work very well together, of course, but above all this we are a team because we share trust, respect and care for each other and for our patients.

The European Cardiomyopathy Center is a multidisciplinary opinion team created around patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy/ , offering an all-rounded approach and personalized solutions in the diagnosis, treatment and surgery of this pathology.

Our commitment as a team is to maintain the highest possible standards in every aspect of our profession and life dedicating the knowledge of medicine to patients who need our medical advice and care.

Discover more about us on: https://hocm.eu/medical-team/

27/10/2022

The study of medicine starts with passion, a passion to discover more, to know better, a passion meant to serve the humanity.

“I believe that medicine is, in essence, a passion more than a human effort, that requires beyond a good science openness and a boundless curiosity to get to know your fellow human being in order to improve his/her health and quality of life. Loving humanity involves choosing to value each person who presents as a patient.”
Prof. Lucian Dorobantu, MD, PhD
Founding Member of the European Cardiomyopathy Center, Bucharest, Romania

That’s how we’ve started a mission-driven journey that reflects our commitment to patients suffering from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy/ in order to provide optimal therapeutic solutions for the community we serve, both local and global.

A healthy heart. A better quality of life. This is what we stand for.

We invite you TO DISCOVER the European Cardiomyopathy Center, Bucharest, Romania-on the NEW website: https://hocm.eu/ !

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