Interventricular Septum Echocardiographic Visualization with the Intraoperative Balloon Test Occlusion of the Coronary Artery in Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Alcohol Septal Ablation
This article presents the cases of successful treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by alcohol septal ablation with balloon test occlusion of the coronary artery and brief ischemia in the area responsible for the left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Transthoracic echocardiography was used for local myocardial asynergy registration. Application of the proposed method for interventricular septum visualization can increase the effectiveness of the intervention and provide a considerable degree of the safety during the procedure as well.