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1: J Interv Cardiol. 2005 Jun;18(3):155-62.Click here to read Links

Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

Abbas AE, Brewington SD, Dixon SR, Grines CL, O'Neill WW.

Division of Cardiovascular Disease, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.

HOCM is a rare disorder of myocardium that may result in asymmetrical left ventricular septal hypertrophy and dynamic outflow obstruction. This may result in hemodynamic sequel that leads to deterioration of functional class in the majority of patients. Alcohol septal ablation may provide symptomatic relief in the majority of patients who fail medical therapy or who experience significantly high outflow gradients.

PMID: 15966918 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]