SEPTAL MYECTOMY IMPROVES SYMPTOMS MORE THAN ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY

Authors :: Matthew S. Slater
Stephen B. Heitner
Marissa Huebner
Joaquin E. Cigarroa
Jessica Minnier
Jason Bensch
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:1523
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2016.
Abstract: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic heart disease, affecting one in 500 people worldwide. Treatment for HCM revolves around reducing risk for sudden cardiac death, addressing heart failure, and treating symptomatic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOT). Both

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Alcohol septal ablation
Heart disease
business.industry
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Ventricular outflow tract obstruction
medicine.disease
Obstructive cardiomyopathy
Septal myectomy
Sudden cardiac death
Internal medicine
Heart failure
cardiovascular system
medicine
Cardiology
cardiovascular diseases
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business

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