Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: alcohol septal ablation
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Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) was introduced in 1994 as an alternative to septal myectomy for patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and symptoms refractory to medical therapy. This procedure alleviates symptoms by producing a targeted, limited infarction of the upper interventricular septum, resulting in an increase in left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) diameter, a decrease in LVOT gradient, and regression of the component of LV hypertrophy that is due to pressure overload. Clinical success, with improvement in symptoms and reduction in gradient, is achieved in the great majority of patients with either resting or provocable LVOT obstruction. The principal morbidity of the procedure is complete heart block, resulting in some patients in the requirement for a permanent pacemaker. The introduction of myocardial contrast echocardiography as a component of the ASA procedure has contributed to the induction of smaller myocardial infarctions with lower dosages of alcohol and, in turn, fewer complications. Non-randomized comparisons of septal ablation and septal myectomy have shown similar mortality rates and post–procedure New York Heart Association class for the two procedures.
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Letter by ElBardissi regarding article, "Outcome of alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy".
BACKGROUND The clinical efficacy of alcohol septal ablation for drug-refractory hypertrophic cardiomyopathy remains unclear. This study examines the outcome of alcohol septal ablation performed at a tertiary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy referral center. METHODS AND RESULTS Among 601 patients with severely symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy referred for alcohol septal ablation ...
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