Preemptive alcohol septal ablation appears to lower the risk of life-threatening left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction in select patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve replacement ...

In January 2007, investigators reported the results of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) before and after myectomy (n = 24) or alcohol septal ablation (n = 24). [9] The findings, published in ...

Patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can achieve good long-term outcomes with alcohol septal ablation that rival those of surgical treatment in terms of symptom relief and survival, ...

Background A 42-year-old woman with a 20-year history of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was referred for alcohol septal ablation following a worsening of symptoms, which had persisted despite ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New data demonstrate that alcohol septal ablation is safe and effective for symptom relief in younger patients ...

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We report the case of a 56-year-old man who had sudden palpitations, lightheadedness, chest pain, and dyspnea. Paramedics arrived within about 10 minutes after the onset of symptoms and found that the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was associated with greater rate of 10-year ...

The unique beat of each person’s timed ticker has been pronounced just as identifiable as a fingerprint by some biotech companies. And while each heart may beat to a different rhythm, this rhythm ...

"Older patients often tolerate medications poorly and younger patients may feel lethargic and tired with beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. These patients would be appropriate candidates for ...

Until the early 1990s, surgical myectomy represented the standard treatment for patients with HOCM and drug-refractory symptoms. Then in 1995 alcohol septal ablation was introduced as a less invasive ...