Survival After Alcohol Septal Ablation in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Alcohol-induced infarction for treatment of symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) was discussed as a risk factor for increased cardiac mortality during follow-up.This study sought to report on long-term survival after echo-guided alcohol septal ablation (percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation [PTSMA]) in symptomatic patients with HOCM.Between May 2000 and June 2017, PTSMA with alcohol injection was performed in...