Two Hearts at Risk

Weng-Tein Gi, MD, MSc; Ali Amr, MD; Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani, MD; Elham Kayvanpour, MD; Isabell Mohr, BSc; Manuela Meder, MD; Omid Shirvani Samani, MD; Herbert Fluhr, MD; Hugo A. Katus, MD; Benjamin Meder, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2020)

Two Hearts at Risk

Weng-Tein Gi, MD, MSc,
Ali Amr, MD,
Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani, MD,
Elham Kayvanpour, MD,
Isabell Mohr, BSc,
Manuela Meder, MD,
Omid Shirvani Samani, MD,
Herbert Fluhr, MD,
Hugo A. Katus, MD,
Benjamin Meder, MD

Affiliations

Weng-Tein Gi, MD, MSc: Institute for Cardiomyopathy, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Ali Amr, MD: Institute for Cardiomyopathy, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani, MD: Institute for Cardiomyopathy, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Elham Kayvanpour, MD: Institute for Cardiomyopathy, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Isabell Mohr, BSc: Institute for Cardiomyopathy, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Manuela Meder, MD: Institute for Cardiomyopathy, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Omid Shirvani Samani, MD: Institute for Cardiomyopathy, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Herbert Fluhr, MD: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Hugo A. Katus, MD: Institute for Cardiomyopathy, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Benjamin Meder, MD: Institute for Cardiomyopathy, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany; Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Address for correspondence: Dr. Benjamin Meder, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 139 – 144

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Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) increases the risk for mother and fetus during pregnancy. Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is an established procedure in nonpregnant patients with HOCM. In this report, we present a case of a 29-year-old woman in her 29th gestational week with decompensated HOCM undergoing a successful ASA. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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