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  • Title: [Alcohol septal ablation and prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A case report].
    Author: Ardashev AV, Shavarov AA, Dzhandzhgava AO, Rybachenko MS, Kriuchko MIu.
    Journal: Kardiologiia; 2009; 49(6):72-9. PubMed ID: 19656099.
    Abstract:
    We discuss approaches to the treatment of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, problems of prevention of sudden cardiac death in subjects with this pathology, and present results of multicenter study assessing efficacy of cardioverter defibrillator implantation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Special attention is devoted to the method of alcohol septal ablation in patient with obstructive form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and discussion of indications to this intervention. Clinical case is presented demonstrating early and long time results of alcohol septal ablation of pronounced obstruction of left ventricular outflow tract in a woman with high risk of sudden cardiac death.
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