Open AccessHow Symptomatic Should a Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Patient Be to Consider Alcohol Septal Ablation?
Author(s) -
Jones Brandon M.,
Krishnaswamy Amar,
Smedira Nicholas G.,
Desai Milind Y.,
Tuzcu E. Murat,
Kapadia Samir R.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.117.006292
Subject(s) - medicine , alcohol septal ablation , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , emergency department , sudden cardiac death , asymptomatic , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , heart failure , obstructive cardiomyopathy , psychiatry
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a complex and heterogeneous disease with different anatomical variants, physiologic manifestations, and genetic underpinnings. Even asymptomatic patients with HCM are at potential risk for sudden cardiac death and require risk stratification and consideration of