Background: Some patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) present with reduced left ventricular (LV) stroke volume and elongated systolic cavity obliteration due to symmetric LV hypertrophy. In this report, we detail our experience with transapical septal myectomy to enlarge the LV volume and to relieve cavity obliteration in this unique subgroup of patients with HCM.
Methods: We analyzed 38 patients with HCM who had extended symmetric LV hypertrophy and underwent transapical septal myectomy to enlarge the LV cavity from February 2001 to May 2021.
Results: At the time of evaluation for operation, 84.2% (n = 32) of the patients were in New York Heart Association class III/IV. The peak oxygen consumption was 51.5% (44.0%-58.0%) of the normal predicted values on the preoperative exercise stress test (n = 16). Preoperative left atrial sizes in this cohort were enlarged (left atrial volume index, 39.0 [33.5-51.5] mL/m), despite only 4 patients with moderate or greater mitral valve regurgitation. All patients underwent transapical septal myectomy to enlarge the LV cavity size. There was no postoperative (within 30 days) death. During a median (interquartile range) follow-up of 3.4 (0.7-6.9) years, the estimated survival rates were 100%, 92%, and 87% at 1, 3, and 5 years, respectively. Follow-up surveys suggested that 16 of the 17 contacted patients experienced improvement in their heart function after the procedure.
Conclusions: Transapical myectomy to enlarge LV cavity volume can be performed safely with good early survival and functional results. This procedure is an important alternative to cardiac transplantation for HCM patients with systolic cavity obliteration and progressive heart failure.
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