Alcohol Septal Ablation
Alcohol septal ablation
This is a less invasive method surgical treatment option of reducing the obstruction of blood flow out of the heart for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
In this procedure, a few drops of an alcohol-based solution are injected into a small branch of the main artery supplying the thickened heart muscle.
This causes part of the muscle to die (in effect, a small heart attack) and this in turn reduces the obstruction to blood flow.
This procedure is done entirely via a small incision at the top of the leg. Patients typically go home a few days later.
Not every patient will have an appropriate branch of their main artery which supplies only the thickened heart muscle and does not connect with other arteries.
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
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