Christoph Blank
2 Papers
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Christoph Blank is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sudden cardiac death & Ventricular tachycardia. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Papers
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a cause of sudden death.
TL;DR: Definitive diagnosis of HCM implicates disqualification from competitive sports resulting in a significant reduction of sudden cardiac death due to HCM during sports competition, which should lead to a widespread preparticipation screening of athletes.
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Survival After Alcohol Septal Ablation in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Angelika Batzner,Barbara Pfeiffer,Anna Neugebauer,Diaa Aicha,Christoph Blank,Hubert Seggewiss +5 more
TL;DR: PTSMA could be proofed as a safe procedure with ongoing symptomatic improvement and excellent long-term survival and therefore, PTSMA is a reasonable alternative to surgical myectomy in HOCM.