A 42-year-old woman with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) was referred for alcohol septal ablation (ASA). She had been diagnosed with HCM 20 years earlier following presentation with ...
Background A 48-year-old man with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) presented with palpitations, symptoms of medically refractory class II angina, and NYHA class II–III heart failure.
The key echocardiographic findings in this patient are (1) small left ventricular cavity, (2) severe left ventricular hypertrophy (in particular of the intraventricular septum) with narrowing of the ...
Background A 42-year-old woman with a 20-year history of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was referred for alcohol septal ablation following a worsening of symptoms, which had persisted despite ...