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Septal reduction techniques can reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who was a poor candidate for surgical myectomy and alcohol septal ablation, endocardial radiofrequency ablation of septal hypertrophy provided du...

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Main Authors: Graham Peigh, MD, Jeremiah Wasserlauf, MD, MS, Lubna Choudhury, MD, Bradley P. Knight, MD, Susan Kim, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
radiofrequency ablation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920306069
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Summary:Septal reduction techniques can reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who was a poor candidate for surgical myectomy and alcohol septal ablation, endocardial radiofrequency ablation of septal hypertrophy provided durable reduction in left ventricular outflow tract gradients and symptomatic improvement. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
ISSN:2666-0849

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