Surgical septal myectomy outcome for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after alcohol septal ablation

Abstract

Patients with OHCM following ASA are at an increased risk of developing AVB after SSM. Their surgical outcomes, and long-term survival rate were satisfactory and, osimilar to those for patients having had a myectomy as the only invasive procedure. In addition, they had an increased risk of advanced heart failure after SSM in the present study.