Abstract
We thank Efthimiadis et al. for their comments on our article concerning the improvement of systolic myocardial function in the lateral (free) wall in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) after alcohol septal ablation (ASA), which was studied using CMR tissue tagging and 3D strain analysis.1 In a previous work, we have demonstrated that in symptomatic patients with HOCM, left ventricular remodelling after ASA occurs early and progresses on mid-term follow-up, and total left ventricular mass reduction exceeded septal mass reduction.2 The remote mass …
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