ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION

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In some people, the heart muscle may become thickened. This thickening may impede the flow of blood and the ability of the heart to function as a pump.

In order to treat this condition, the most obstructive segment of thickened muscle must be removed. This can be carried out surgically, which is the conventional technique.

However, thanks to the progress achieved over the past few years in the field of interventional cardiology, a new technique can now be used to stop the flow of blood to the thickened area selectively (by injecting alcohol into small vessels supplying blood to the septum). This creates a small infarction which results in the thinning of the diseased segment and corrects the abnormality.
This treatment, called alcohol septal ablation, has become the reference treatment strategy for this condition.

The ICPS is a reference center for alcohol septal ablation.

Example MR hypertrophic heart disease with mitral insufficiency before treatment