Radiofrequency ablation in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disease that can cause left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction. This study analyzed the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RA) in improving clinical and hemodynamic factors in patients receiving obstructive HCM refractory treatment. This evaluation was necessary because of the small number of studies on the effectiveness of this technique for obstructive HCM in the existing literature.

Design

We used the PubMed, Embase, and Science Direct databases to identify randomized clinical trials and observational studies addressing the clinical and hemodynamic outcomes before and after RA in patients with HCM.

Participants

We selected six articles published between 2011 and 2022, comprising 304 patients

SUBMITTER: Canzi CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10978412 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature