Percutaneous transluminal alcohol septal myocardial ablation after aortic valve replacement

When left ventricular outflow tract obstruction develops after aortic valve replacement, few treatment choices have been available until now. We prese nt a patient with prior aortic valve replacement who developed left ventric le outflow tract obstruction that was successfully treated with a percutane ous transcoronary myocardial septa) alcohol ablation. This technique is a u seful tool for the treatment of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, es pecially in those patients with prior heart surgery. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, I nc.