Reduction of left ventricular mass, left atrial size, and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide level following alcohol septal ablation in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

CONCLUSIONS: Successful ASA reduces LV hypertrophy and improves parameters of the LV overload, resulting in LV wall hy-pertrophy regression, and LA size and NT-proBNP level reduction. The above parameters may be as useful in assessing the efficacy of ASA as the LVOT gradient itself.
PMID: 30566209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Source: Kardiologia Polska - August 28, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dąbrowski M, Kukuła K, Kłopotowski M, Bekta P, Śpiewak M, Mazurkiewicz Ł, Tyczyński P, Orczykowski M, Parma R, Witkowski A Tags: Kardiol Pol Source Type: research