[Dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: high-risk reconstructive surgery as an alternative to heart transplantation]. / Dilatatsionnaya faza gipertroficheskoi kardiomiopatii: rekonstruktivnaya khirurgiya bol'shogo riska kak al'ternativa transplantatsii serdtsa.

The authors report the diagnosis and surgical treatment of 5 patients with dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Features of these patients are progressive heart failure, double-level blood flow obstruction and the risk of apical aneurysms. Reconstructive remodeling surgery is a reasonable alternative to heart transplantation despite the existing risk.