1. Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction secondary to accessory mitral valve tissue: a multimodality imaging approach
- Author
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Vergé Marie-Philippe, Varroud-Vial Nicolas, Christiaens Luc-Philippe, and Jayle Christophe
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Ventricular outflow tract obstruction ,Obstructive cardiomyopathy ,Multimodal Imaging ,Alcohol ablation ,Ventricular Outflow Obstruction ,Coronary artery disease ,Internal medicine ,Mitral valve ,Medicine ,Humans ,Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation ,business.industry ,Exertional dyspnoea ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,humanities ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Dyspnea ,Echocardiography ,Heart Valve Prosthesis ,Cardiology ,Mitral Valve ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Disopyramide ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Hospital department ,Magnetic Resonance Angiography ,medicine.drug - Abstract
A 48-year-old male was referred to our hospital department for septal alcohol ablation of a hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, known for 4 years. Despite the treatment with β-blockers, then isoptine and disopyramide, he was still symptomatic with a disabling exertional dyspnoea. The cardiac-CT with retrospective acquisition found non-significant coronary artery disease. The septal wall was 12-mm …
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- 2014