Septal Ablation

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** A cardiac catheterization procedure to relieve symptoms in patients with severe obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A catheter is used to inject alcohol into a septal artery supplying the heart muscle responsible for the obstruction, destroying the muscle tissue and relieving the obstruction.

**Synonyms:** - SEPTAL ABLATION