title: Endocardial septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Septal reduction therapy (SRT) is the accepted therapeutic option for symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). At this time, surgical septal myectomy is the gold standard method, but alcohol septal ablation is an acceptable alternative treatment for patients with suitable anatomy. Endocardial septal ablation (ESA) therapy is a little-known method of SRT. Presently described is case of successful ESA procedure performed for HOCM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey. aksutolga@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aksu
authors.forename: Tümer Erdem
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.forename: Kıvanç
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yalın
authors.forename: Şükriye Ebru
authors.initials: ŞE
authors.lastname: Gölcük
authors.forename: Kazım Serhan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Özcan
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004452:Echocardiography; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol