Correspondence

Retraction

Retraction: Shamim et al. Nonsurgical Reduction of the Interventricular Septum in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 2002;347:1326-33.

N Engl J Med 2003; 348:951March 6, 2003

Article

To the editor:

On October 24, 2002, an article about septal ablation with alcohol for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was published in the Journal.1 The majority of those named as authors of the article did not have an opportunity to review and verify the data and to approve the manuscript. This unfortunate situation came to light when the article was published. In view of this irregularity in the submission process, we request that that paper be retracted. We believe that the alcohol-ablation technique described is a useful procedure in selected patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and other data support this view.2,3 We also want to make clear that the Cleveland Clinic Foundation was not involved in the study but was mentioned purely as an address for correspondence. We hope that readers of the Journal will understand that this retraction is designed to maintain the integrity of the scientific process.

Andrew J.S. Coats, M.D.
Michael Henein, Ph.D.
Marcus Flather, F.R.C.P.
Ulrich Sigwart, M.D.
Hubert Seggewiss, M.D.
Duolao Wang, Ph.D.
Mohammed Yousufuddin, M.D.
Waqar Shamim, M.D.

3 References

1. 1

   Shamim W, Yousufuddin M, Wang D, et al. Nonsurgical reduction of the interventricular septum in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 2002;347:1326-1333
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   Faber L, Meissner A, Ziemessen P, Seggewiss H. Percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: long term follow up of the first series of 25 patients. Heart 2000;83:326-331
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   Mazur W, Nagueh SF, Lakkis NM, et al. Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after nonsurgical septal reduction therapy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2001;103:1492-1496
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