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Surgical Septal Myectomy vs Percutaneous Transluminal Alcohol Septal Ablation in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Surgical Septal Myectomy Versus Percutaneous Transluminal Alcohol Septal Ablation in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Important: This information is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

About This Trial

The aim of this randomized trial is to compare the improvement in exercise capacity among patients with highly symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy despite optimal medical treatment who undergo alcohol septal ablation (ASA) or surgical septal myectomy (SSM).

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: 1. Age between 40-75 years including 40 and 75 years of age 2. HOCM eligible for both SSM and ASA by a heart team (multidisciplinary team) and core lab. 3. Left ventricle outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction \> 30mmHg at rest or during physiological provocation by transthoracic echocardiogram 4. Symptomatic (New York Heart Association classification (NYHA) \>1 or Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) class \>1) and/or syncope due to HOCM Who Should NOT Join This Trial: 1. Unable to give willing to sign a consent form 2. A life expectancy of less than 1 year 3. Concomitant (structural valve disease, aorta, rhythm, CABG) surgery during the same session 4. Not able to perform bicycle ergometry exercise test Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age between 40-75 years including 40 and 75 years of age 2. HOCM eligible for both SSM and ASA by a heart team (multidisciplinary team) and core lab. 3. Left ventricle outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction \> 30mmHg at rest or during physiological provocation by transthoracic echocardiogram 4. Symptomatic (New York Heart Association classification (NYHA) \>1 or Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) class \>1) and/or syncope due to HOCM Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to give informed consent 2. A life expectancy of less than 1 year 3. Concomitant (structural valve disease, aorta, rhythm, CABG) surgery during the same session 4. Not able to perform bicycle ergometry exercise test

Treatments Being Tested

PROCEDURE

Alcohol Septal Ablation

Participants will be treated with alcohol septal ablation.

PROCEDURE

Surgical Septal Myectomy

Participants will be treated with surgical septal myectomy.

Locations (1)

St. Antonius Hospital
Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands