[The therapeutic focus in severe hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with multivessel coronary disease]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1999 May;52(5):343-7. doi: 10.1016/s0300-8932(99)74925-0.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The association of severe hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease increases surgical morbimortality, even more in patients over 65 years. We describe a combined therapeutic approach to these diseases. A 68-year-old woman with a diagnosis of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy was in functional class IV for angina and dyspnea despite 360 mg of propranolol a day. An echocardiogram and a complete cardiac catheterization were performed under betablocker therapy, confirming a severe hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and revealing severe stenosis in the proximal left circumflex and the proximal right coronary arteries, and a moderate lesion in the mid-left anterior descendent. They were both treated with balloon PTCA, and a 3 x 15 mm stent was placed in the circumflex and a 3.5 x 20 mm stent in the right coronary, with an excellent angiographic result. A basal hemodynamic study was then performed and A-V sequential pacing was attempted, achieving a significant decrease in the left ventricle outflow tract gradient. A DDD-R pacemaker was implanted. Echocardiographic study was performed post-implantation, and follow-up was made six months later with a new coronary angiography, hemodynamic study and a Doppler echocardiogram. At the present time A-V sequential pacing as a therapeutic option for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and coronary angioplasty and stenting for the treatment of coronary artery disease are sufficiently established and supported to be offered as a combined therapy to patients suffering from both diseases, specially those with a higher surgical risk.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angina Pectoris / diagnosis
  • Angina Pectoris / physiopathology
  • Angina Pectoris / therapy
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / therapy*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Disease / diagnosis
  • Coronary Disease / physiopathology
  • Coronary Disease / therapy*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Stents