Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Outcome of Alcohol Septal Ablation for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”

We thank Dr ElBardissi for his letter and insightful commentary. In our investigation,1 there were no differences in rates of survival free of severe symptoms between surgical myectomy and septal ablation in the overall population, but patients under the age of 65 years did better with surgery. For patients who underwent septal ablation and then later required myectomy, follow-up was ceased at the time of the occurrence …