title: Surgical septal myectomy versus alcohol septal ablation: assessing the status of the controversy in 2014.
authors.affiliation: From the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, MN (B.J.M.); and Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.A.N.). hcm.maron@mhif.org.
authors.forename: Barry J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Maron
authors.affiliation: From the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, MN (B.J.M.); and Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.A.N.).
authors.forename: Rick A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000465:Algorithms; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols
keywords: ablation techniques; cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic; death, sudden; heart failure; surgery