Some patients do seem to benefit from it, but certainly not all, and it is difficult to identify who may derive benefit. A newer form of therapy for HOCM is alcohol ablation therapy. The procedure is very similar to a cardiac catheterization and angioplasty from the patient perspective. It involves injecting alcohol into a small artery that supplies the diseased part of the HOCM heart in order to cause a small amount of the tissue to die - sort of equivalent to a surgeon cutting out the abnormal tissue at surgery. The procedure is still experimental, but does look promising.
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