New approach to septal ablation: glue (cyanoacrylate) septal ablation.
Alcohol septal ablation is an alternative way of treatment in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy patients who are refractory to medical treatment. This case report describes a new way of septal ablation with glue (cyanoacrylate) in a HOCM patient who has extensive collateral to posterior descending coronary artery which precludes alcohol ablation.
Oto
Ali
A
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Altindag, Ankara, Turkey. alioto@superonline.com
Aytemir
Kudret
K
Deniz
Ali
A
D000328:Adult; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D003487:Cyanoacrylates