Comprehensive HCM Care

• Evaluation of risk of sudden death
• Genetic counseling
• Evaluation of HCM-related arrhythmias
• Medical and device therapy
• Alcohol septal ablation
• Open heart surgery

Alcohol Septal Ablation

• This catheter-based procedure treats hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).
• Absolute alcohol is injected via a catheter into the enlarged septum, killing cells to reduce obstruction.
• Patients begin to feel better almost immediately, and symptoms continue to improve over weeks and months.
• The procedure was first introduced in the U.S. by MUSC’s William H. Spencer III, M.D.
• MUSC Heart & Vascular Center has performed more than almost any other medical center in the nation.
• MUSC’s specialists perform 75 to 80 of these procedures annually with an international referral base.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

• Complex heart disease that involves myocardium thickening, left ventricular stiffness, mitral valve changes and cellular changes
• Occurs in one in 500 people
• The most common cause of sudden cardiac death among people under age 30 in the U.S.
• Many HCM patients die suddenly every year
• Most HCM patients have hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy