The House of the Seven Gables once a show place in a small New England town, now presents little evidence of its former grandeur. Wind, sun, storm, and neglect left its sides, shingles, and chimney crumbling. Its gray look is mottled here and there with moss. The lattice fence surrounding it is in ruin.
Septal Myectomy. What is septal myectomy? Septal myectomy, also known as septal myotomy, is a cardiac surgery treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM is a type of heart disease associated with asymmetric thickening of the heart muscle, most commonly at the septum (membrane that separates the right and left sides of the heart).
A colectomy is a surgical procedure in which all or part of the large intestine is resected. The large intestine is the part of the alimentary tract that consists of the cecum, the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, the sigmoid colon, and the rectum. For purposes of simplicity, the term colon is often used to refer to any of the components of the large intestine, save the rectum.