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Amelioration of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using nonsurgical septal ablation in a cirrhotic patient prior to liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Paramesh Anil S.,
Fairchild Ralph B.,
Quinn Theresa M.,
Leya Fred,
George Magdalene,
Van Thiel David H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
liver transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1527-6465
DOI - 10.1002/lt.20327
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , ablation , transplantation , cardiology , heart transplantation , surgery
A 53‐year‐old male with hepatitis C cirrhosis, who had been refused liver transplantation because of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC), underwent nonsurgical septal ablation using alcohol with resolution of his ventricular outflow obstruction. This patient was able to subsequently undergo a successful deceased donor liver transplantation. This is the first reported case of alcohol induced septal ablation being performed in a cirrhotic patient with HC. Such nonsurgical procedures may be attractive in cirrhotic patients who are refused access to liver transplantation because of high surgical risk. (LiverTranspl 2005;11:236–238.)