Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: How and when?

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-61

  Smith, Elliot J ^a   Jain, Ajay K ^a   Knight, Charles J ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol septal ablation; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; Myectomy; Myotomy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG TERM CARE; MYOMECTOMY; MYOTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33644622709     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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