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Document Details : Title: Papillary muscles identified by myocardial contrast echocardiography in preparation for percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation Author(s): HARA, Tomohiro , OHTAKI, Eiji , SUMIYOSHI, Tetsuya Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Date: February 2002 Pages: 25-27 DOI: 10.2143/AC.57.1.2005377 Abstract : In patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM),percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation (PTSMA) supplemented by myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) can provide a therapeutic benefit.We report a 33-year-old woman with HOCM in which MCE revealed a septal branch artery supplying the postero-medial papillary muscles.Thus, PTSMA was aborted because of the risk of acute mitral regurgitation secondary to papillary muscle dysfunction. |
