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Date: March 12, 2010Roundtable ID: CV0032Citation: Med Roundtable Cardiovasc Ed. ; 1(2): 128 - 133.
Alcohol Ablation or Ventricular Septal Myotomy/Myectomy for Severe Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?
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Summary:
Dr. William Roberts from the Baylor Heart and Vasclar Institute moderated the topic "Alcohol Ablation or Ventricular Septal Myotomy/Myectomy for Severe Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?" with Drs. Joseph Dearani from the Mayo Clinic and Barry Maron from the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center at the Minneapolis Heart Institute participating.
- The discussion focused primarily on:
- (1) hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) and prevalence of left ventricular outflow obstruction,
- (2) therapeutic plan for patients with HC, including beta blocker therapy, alcohol ablation and surgical myectomy,
- (3) gradients for determining suitability for surgery,
- (4) technique of performing surgical myectomy,
- (5) post-surgical follow-up patient care,
- (6) effectiveness of myectomy surgery on patient quality of life,
- (7) considerations for using alcohol septal ablation, and
- (8) probability of installing an ICD post surgery.
- (Med Roundtable Cardiovasc Ed. 2010;1(1):128-133) ©2010 FoxP2 Media, LLC
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