Alcohol septal ablation versus surgical septal myectomy
Comparison of effects on atrioventricular conduction tissue
Deepak R. Talreja, MD*,
Rick A. Nishimura, MD ,*,
William D. Edwards, MD ,
Uma S. Valeti, MD*,
Steve R. Ommen, MD ,
A. Jamil Tajik, MD ,
Joseph A. Dearani, MD ,
Hartzell V. Schaff, MD and
David R. Holmes, Jr, MD
* Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Diseases
Anatomic Pathology
Cardiac Surgery, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota

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Figure 1 Schematic diagram of different mechanisms for atrioventricular conduction tissue injury by alcohol septal ablation and surgical septal myectomy. HOCM = hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy; LBB = left bundle branch; RBB = right bundle branch.
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