Case Report
 
Alcohol septal ablation through an anomalous dominant septal artery in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patient: With separate ostium from right coronary sinus
Neelima Katukuri1, Tjuan Overly1, Raj Baljepally1
1MD, Division of Cardiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Article ID: Z01201707CR10804NK
doi:10.5348/ijcri-201765-CR-10804

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Neelima Katukuri
MD, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Division of Cardiology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville

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Katukuri N, Overly T, Baljepally R. Alcohol septal ablation through an anomalous dominant septal artery in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patient: With separate ostium from right coronary sinus. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8(7):448–450.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a genetic disease characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy that has variable morphologic and hemodynamic manifestations. Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) has emerged as a widely accepted alternative to surgical myomectomy for the management of HOCM. In this percutaneous, procedure, pure ethanol is injected into the septal perforator Septal perforator of left anterior descending that supplies the hypertrophied myocardium, leading to infarction and thinning of the myocardium thinning of the hypertrophied.
Case Report: A 62-year-old female with known history of HOCM presented with progressive dyspnea, dizziness and intermittent chest pain, despite high doses of beta-blocker and calcium channel blocker calcium channel blockers. Echocardiography revealed asymmetric septal hypertrophy with septal thickness of 16–19 mm, systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral leaflet and a resting LVOT gradient of 35–40 mmHg, which increased to 124 mmHg with Valsalva. Non-selective angiogram revealed an anomalous septal artery arising from a separate ostium in the right coronary sinus (Bonapace artery). Bonapace artery fed the hypertrophic basal septum and was a suitable target for alcohol septal ablation.
Conclusion: In this report, we describe a rare case of clinically important Bonapace artery in the absence of coronary artery disease. Additionally, this artery was utilized to perform successful ASA to achieve gradient reduction and relief of symptoms in HOCM. The presence and clinical importance of an anomalous septal artery should be sought in HOCM patients with lack of dominant septal artery from the left coronary system.

Keywords: Aberrant septal artery, Alcohol septal ablation, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy



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Author Contributions
Neelima Katukuri – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Tjuan Overly – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Raj Baljepally – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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