Meta-Analyses of Septal Reduction Therapies for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Robert A. Leonardi,
E. Kransdorf,
David L. Simel,
Andrew Wang
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1941-7632
pISSN - 1941-7640
DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.109.916676
Subject(s) - medicine , septal myectomy , alcohol septal ablation , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , cardiology , odds ratio , surgery , cardiomyopathy , muscle hypertrophy , sudden cardiac death , heart failure , obstructive cardiomyopathy
Septal reduction for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may be performed by surgical myectomy or alcohol septal ablation (ASA). Unlike surgical myectomy, ASA creates an intramyocardial scar that may potentiate the risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD).
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