Preemptive alcohol septal ablation “is a lot less invasive than surgical approaches to this and actually something that I think most interventional cardiologists can do because it is not a terribly ...

Mortality in series of patients having alcohol septal ablation was 1.2% or 1.3%. This conversation features William H. Spencer, III, MD, FACC, who pioneered alcohol septal ablation for HOCM.

Low occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias after alcohol septal ablation in high-risk patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, Clinical Research in Cardiology, 105, 11, (953-961 ...

More information: Long-Term Survival After Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A 16-Year Experience, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34559674/ Provided by Medical ...

Alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was associated with greater rate of 10-year all-cause death compared with septal myectomy, researchers reported.According to ...

Cardiology > CHF Aggressive Alcohol Septal Ablation for HCM Holds Up, Pacemakers Notwithstanding — Complication of ablation not associated with worse outcomes at 5 years ...

Veselka J, Liebregts M, Cooper R, et al. Outcomes of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and pacemaker implanted after alcohol septal ablation. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2022;Epub ...

Background A 42-year-old woman with a 20-year history of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was referred for alcohol septal ablation following a worsening of symptoms, which had persisted ...

A U.S.-based study has found favorable long-term outcomes after alcohol septal ablation (ASA) in patients with medically refractory hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. The setting in which ...

Septal myectomy was associated with lower rates of redo procedures compared with alcohol septal ablation (HR = 0.1; 95% CI, 0.07-0.15; P < .001), according to the researchers. HF readmission ...

Until the early 1990s, surgical myectomy represented the standard treatment for patients with HOCM and drug-refractory symptoms. Then in 1995 alcohol septal ablation was introduced as a less ...