International Heart Journal
Online ISSN : 1349-3299
Print ISSN : 1349-2365
ISSN-L : 1349-2365
Case Reports
Infective Endocarditis After Alcohol Septal Ablation for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
David ZemanekJosef VeselkaRenata Chmelova
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2008 Volume 49 Issue 3 Pages 371-375

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Abstract
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a relatively rare but serious complication of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Currently, antibiotic prophylaxis is not generally recommended in these patients. We report a case of infective endocarditis in a patient after alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with residual left ventricle outflow tract obstruction. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case in the medical literature demonstrating this complication in the late postprocedural period following alcohol septal ablation.
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