title: Ethanol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in a very old patient.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 90-year-old woman who had hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy presented with drug-refractory heart failure.
  
  
  METHODS
  She successfully underwent transcoronary ethanol septal ablation under sedation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was instantaneous improvement in left ventricular outflow tract gradient 6 months after discharge, and the symptoms of heart failure have resolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Grantham Hospital, 125 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. Ronaldle@netvigator.com
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol