Long-Term Outcome of Alcohol Septal Ablation in Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Why the study?
What are the long-term outcomes of alcohol septal ablation in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Population
Patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Long-term
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May favor myectomy over alcohol septal ablation in obstructive HCM; leaves open need for randomized confirmation.
Structured PICO
What are the long-term outcomes of alcohol septal ablation in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
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Population
Patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Intervention
Alcohol septal ablation (ASA)
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Outcome
Long-term outcome / unwanted long-term effectssafety
Due to potentially unwanted long-term effects, myectomy is recommended as the preferred intervention over alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Cite This Study
Cate et al. (2010) studied this question.