Fulltext

Septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: coil, boil and the role of rescue surgery

Carrel, Thierry ; Schmidli, Jürg

In: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2009, vol. 36, no. 1, p. 210-211

Add to personal list
    Title
    • Septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: coil, boil and the role of rescue surgery
    Author
    • Carrel, Thierry. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Berne, CH-3010 Berne, Switzerland
    • Schmidli, Jürg. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Berne, CH-3010 Berne, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2009, vol. 36, no. 1, p. 210-211. Elsevier Science B.V.
    Other Version
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:295742
    Summary
    Interventional treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy has considerably developed and primary surgical approach is nowadays considered for a minority of patients with insufficient relief of obstruction following catheter intervention. We present the history of a patient who underwent alcohol ablation and developed a life-threatening ventricular septal defect consecutively to a large myocardial infarction because of alcohol injection into the LAD