Transapical Beating-heart Myectomy for the Treatment of Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy focused on measuring Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Septal Myectomy, Transapical Beating-heart Septal Myectomy, Minimally Invasive, Midventricular obstruction and cavity obliteration
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients who were diagnosed as apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with maximal apical wall thickness ≥ 15 mm. Patients with heart function of New York Heart Association ≥ class II. Patients with drug-refractory symptoms or intolerable to pharmaceutical therapies. Patients who was informed the nature of the clinical trial, consented to participate in all of the activities of the clinical trial, and signed the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: Patients who were pregnant. Patients who had concomitant diseases such as intrinsic valvular disease or coronary artery disease that needed open-chamber cardiac surgery. Patients who had severe heart failure with left ventricle ejection fraction < 40%. Patients whose estimated life expectancy < 12 months. Patient who were non-compliant. Patients under circumstances which were considered not suitable or prohibitive for participating the clinical trial at the discretion of the attending medical team and the researchers.
Sites / Locations
- Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Experimental: Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Transapical beating-heart myectomy for the treatment of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy