Percutaneous transluminal alcohol septal myocardial ablation after aortic valve replacement.
When left ventricular outflow tract obstruction develops after aortic valve replacement, few treatment choices have been available until now. We present a patient with prior aortic valve replacement who developed left ventricle outflow tract obstruction that was successfully treated with a percutaneous transcoronary myocardial septal alcohol ablation. This technique is a useful tool for the treatment of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, especially in those patients with prior heart surgery.
Sitges
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M
Cardiology Department, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Kapadia
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Rubin
D N
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Thomas
J D
JD
Tuzcu
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ME
Lever
H M
HM
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
D000431:Ethanol