Chapter 29

Use of Alcohol Septal Reduction Therapy to Facilitate Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement

Marvin H. Eng

Marvin H. Eng

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

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Tiberio Frisoli

Tiberio Frisoli

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

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Dee Dee Wang

Dee Dee Wang

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

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James C. Lee

James C. Lee

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

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Pedro A. Villablanca Spinetto

Pedro A. Villablanca Spinetto

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

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Janet Wyman

Janet Wyman

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

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William W. O'Neill

William W. O'Neill

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

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First published: 12 March 2021

Summary

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation is a recently innovated procedure that began in the context of postsurgical repair or replacement degeneration requiring valve replacement. While treating mitral valve disease with transcatheter implantable prostheses, the complication of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction surprised operators and gave the interventional community pause about the generalizability of performing transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR). LVOT obstruction historically occurred either in the natural history of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) or in postsurgical mitral valve repair. The process of alcohol septal ablation (ASA) begins with coronary angiography and then identifying candidate septal perforators that may supply blood to the myocardium of interest. Safety and effectiveness of the alcohol septal ablation for septal reduction therapy remains unquantified for non-HOCM patients.

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