Minimally Invasive Transapical Septal Myectomy in the Beating Hearts for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Safety and Efficacy Results of a Phase I First-in-man Clinical Trial
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, the safety and the efficacy of the transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. This is a prospective, single-arm, single-center, first-in-man study.
• Patients whose resting or provoked left ventricular outflow tract gradient \> 50 mmHg, and maximal ventricular septal 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.