ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION AND SEPTAL MYOMECTOMY …
ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION AND SEPTAL MYOMECTOMY FOR HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY: A META-ANALYSIS
M. Alam, H. Dokainish, N.M. Lakkis
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine - Section of Cardiology, Houston, TX, USA
Alcohol Septal Ablation (ASA) is a less invasive alternative to myomectomy (MM) for relief of symptoms in patients with drug refractory hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). We conducted a meta-analysis of published studies comparing the outcome of patients undergoing these procedures. Methods: An extensive search of pubmed identified 5 studies (351 patients, no randomized trials) comparing the outcomes of patients undergoing ASA and MM. All included studies were tested for heterogeneity (Q,H and I2 statistics) and meta-analysis was performed using fixed-effect ratio model. A p value of ................
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