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An unusual presentation of dyspnea following septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiac Surgery | December 21, 2020 | Volume: 36 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 755-757

10.1111/jocs.15266 | PMID 33345409

An Unusual Presentation of Persistent Dyspnea Following Alcohol Septal Ablation For Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

No container title available | October 8, 2020 | Volume: No volume available | Issue: No issue available | Pages: No page available

10.22541/au.160218234.40856888/v1

Residual or recurrent symptoms after septal reduction therapy are most often related to inadequate relief of left ventricular outflow gradients. We recently encountered a 71-year-old woman with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and prior alcohol septal ablation who had a unique constellation of findings causing her symptoms. She was found to have four potential causes for her symptoms, residual midventricular obstruction, apical distribution of hypertrophy reducing end-diastolic volume, constrictive pericarditis, and marked arterial stiffness, as reflected by aortic atherosclerosis. She underwent complete pericardiectomy, transaortic septal myectomy, transapical myectomy, and replacement of a heavily calcified ascending aorta.