A 12-year-old girl , who was battling a rare and life-threatening heart condition, was successfully treated with a complex surgical procedure at Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani.

CMRI can provide accurate assessment of septal anatomy, myocardial fibrosis after septal reduction and residual LV outflow obstruction, as well as identifying postoperative complications.

Until the early 1990s, surgical myectomy represented the standard treatment for patients with HOCM and drug-refractory symptoms. Then in 1995 alcohol septal ablation was introduced as a less ...