Percutaneous transluminal alcohol septal myocardial ablation after aortic valve replacement

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2001 Aug;53(4):524-6. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1215.

Abstract

When left ventricular outflow tract obstruction develops after aortic valve replacement, few treatment choices have been available until now. We present a patient with prior aortic valve replacement who developed left ventricle outflow tract obstruction that was successfully treated with a percutaneous transcoronary myocardial septal alcohol ablation. This technique is a useful tool for the treatment of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, especially in those patients with prior heart surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Ethanol / therapeutic use*
  • Heart Septum / drug effects*
  • Heart Septum / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis* / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / therapy

Substances

  • Ethanol