Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in the presence of asymmetric septal hypertrophy and accessory mitral valve tissue treated with alcohol septal ablation

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Sep;9(5):720-4. doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen152. Epub 2008 Apr 14.

Abstract

Redundant or accessory mitral valve tissue (AMVT) is a rare clinical condition. It is an even rarer cause of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. We report a case of an adult male with medically unresponsive hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in whom real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography was used to both diagnose the presence of coexistent asymmetric septal hypertrophy and AMVT as well as confirm the safety and efficacy of treatment with alcohol septal ablation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / etiology*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / therapy
  • Ethanol / therapeutic use*
  • Heart Septum / drug effects
  • Heart Septum / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / pathology*
  • Solvents / therapeutic use
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / complications*
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / therapy

Substances

  • Solvents
  • Ethanol