Septal myectomy and alcohol septal ablation: how safe and effective?

By Gordon Fox | December 7, 2023

Background A new meta-analysis (Yokohama et al. 2023) on the comparative success and safety of the two methods of septal reduction therapy – alcohol septal ablation (ASA; https://4hcm.org/alcohol-septal-ablation/) and septal myectomy (SM; https://4hcm.org/myectomy/) – was just published in European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Methods Yujiro Yokoyama and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of studies that compared…

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Can HCM Patients Use Alcohol, Chocolate, & Coffee?

By Gordon Fox | July 30, 2022

We hear many different claims about what HCM patients (or heart patients in general) should or shouldn’t eat and drink. This is a big topic, and for much of it, the science doesn’t have simple answers – at least not yet. But it turns out that there are some answers for three things that many people like (and many people won’t touch): wine, chocolate, and coffee.

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