AIMS: We decided to determine the long-term survival of patients after alcohol septal ablation (ASA) for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) and compare this with the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 178 highly symptomatic, consecutive patients (58 ± 12 years, 53% women) were treated by ASA between April 1998 and April 2013 and followed-up for 4.8 years (IQR 2.1-7.5). At baseline, 155 patients (87%) suffered from dyspnoea ≥3 class of NYHA; at the most recent examination, 87 patients (49%) and 23 patients (13%) reported dyspnoea of NYHA class 1 and ≥3, respectively. The left ventricular outflow gradient was significantly reduced (68 ± 42 vs. 20 ± 25 mmHg; P < 0.01). A total of 19 deaths (11%) occurred during 925 patient-years, which means an overall mortality rate of 2.1% per year. Survival free of all-cause mortality at 1, 5, and 10 years was 97% (95% CI, 93-99%), 92% (95% CI, 87-96%), and 82% (95% CI, 70-90%), respectively. This observed mortality was comparable to the expected survival for age- and sex-comparable general population (P = 0.34). According to multivariate analysis, the only independent predictor of all-cause mortality was age at ASA (hazard ratio 1.09, 95% CI 1.04-1.14; P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that in patients with HOCM and important symptoms who underwent ASA, long-term survival after the procedure did not differ significantly from that of the general population.

1st Department of Internal Medicine Cardioangiology International Clinical Research Center St Anne's University Hospital Brno Czech Republic

Department of Cardiology 2nd Medical School Charles University University Hospital Motol Prague Czech Republic

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