| IMAGING VIGNETTE |
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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 293-297 |
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Alcohol Septal Ablation in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy- Is Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Mandatory?
Sridhar Lakshmana Sastry, Arun B Shivashankarappa, Prabhavathi Bhat, Satvic C Manjunath, Manjunath C Nanjappa
Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Arun B Shivashankarappa
Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bannergatta Road, Jayanagar, 9th Block, Bengaluru, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jiae.jiae_18_22
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Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is an effective treatment for symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Although routine use of myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) in guiding ASA has been recommended by guidelines, it has not come into common clinical practice. Here, we present three cases of HOCM where MCE helped in decision-making. |
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