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Injecting Alcohol Into the Heart

Original: Injecting Alcohol Into the Heart https:// tube.blueben.net/w/hhngk2kPgL3 fLxTGQveAfa

A medical education item is circulating about alcohol septal ablation, a procedure in which pure alcohol is injected into a heart artery to destroy excess heart muscle tissue in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The technique is a real, established but specialised treatment, and its dramatic-sounding nature is drawing attention and discussion.

Why now: The counterintuitive idea of using alcohol to treat a heart condition is striking and prompts curiosity about how the procedure works.

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