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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

View larger version (51K): [in a new window]   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.