Transapical Beating-heart Myectomy for the Treatment of Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

We have invented a beating-heart myectomy device. Using this device, myectomy could be performed in the beating heart via a mini-thoractomy approach. The whole process of resection is monitored, navigated, and evaluated by real-time transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography. We are now conducting the study to explore the feasibility, the safety, and the efficacy of transapical beating-heart myectomy for the treatment of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.