Mid-term outcomes of alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in patients with sigmoid versus neutral ventricular septum.

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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine whether the differences in the baseline septal morphology influenced outcomes of patients after alcohol septal ablation (ASA). METHODS: A total of 100 consecutive, highly symptomatic patients with HOCM and a neutral or sigmoid septum (74 patients vs 26 patients) underwent ASA and were examined clinically and echocardiographically at baseline and at follow-up...

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