Alcohol Septal Ablation

Evaluation

Once you are referred to us, we will perform an evaluation to determine if you are a good candidate for alcohol septal ablation.

What’s included in the evaluation:

• Review of past medical history and current medical status
• Collaboration with our Electrophysiology and Advanced Heart Failure physicians for more complex patients
• Physical exam
• Family screening
• Specialized cardiac imaging
• Assessment of risk for sudden cardiac death
• Discussion of possible treatment options
• Referral to Medical Genetics for genetic counseling/possible testing

University of Rochester Medicine is one of the few medical centers in the country that provides this specialized procedure that shrinks part of the thickened wall of the heart. Our team has been performing alcohol septal ablations since 2001, and has done over 200 cases, making us one of the most experienced teams in the country.

URochester Medicine offers the Structural Heart Program, completely focused on treating structural and heart valve disease. We offer a multidisciplinary team of providers who specializes in percutaneous and surgical treatments. URochester Medicine can also provide every other specialist you may need, including echo-cardiologists, radiologists, and specialists in heart failure, oncology, pulmonology and our congenital cardiac care.