Publication details
Outcome of patients after alcohol septal ablation with permanent pacemaker implanted for periprocedural complete heart block
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | International Journal of Cardiology |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.119 |
| Field | Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery |
| Keywords | Ablation; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Prognosis |
| Description | Highly symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) irresponsive to medical therapy are treated with surgical myectomy, dual-chamber pacing or alcohol septal ablation(ASA). Based on single-center studies or national registries it seems that both short- and long-term outcomes of ASA are acceptable. The most frequent major complication associated with ASA is the mostly self-terminating complete heart block (CHB) that occurs in 20–50% of patients and requires permanent pacemaker implantation in 9–20% of all ASA patients [2,3]. Accordingly, this retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients who underwent early permanent pacemaker implantation due to post-ASA CHB. |