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Table 2 Clinical outcomes and echocardiographic results

From: Mini-invasive surgical instruments in transaortic myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a single-center experience with 168 cases

Variables

Value

Intraoperative

 Repeat aortic cross-clamping

9 (5.4%)

  Inadequate septal myectomy

5 (3.0%)

  Iatrogenic free wall rupture

2 (1.2%)

  Iatrogenic septal perforation

1 (0.6%)

  Iatrogenic AV perforation

1 (0.6%)

 TEE data

  Maximum LVOT gradient (mmHg)

10.8 ± 6.3

  Interventricular septal thickness (mm)

13.8 ± 2.1

  SAM

16 (9.5%)

  MR severity (median, IQR)

1.0 (1.0–1.0)

  Moderate MR

1 (0.6%)

  More than moderate MR

0

  Moderate or more aortic regurgitation

0

In-hospital

 Surgical death

1 (0.6%)

 CAVB

5 (3.0%)

  Right BBB prior to surgery

3

 New-onset AF

4 (2.4%)

 Complete left BBB

69 (41.1%)

 Cerebrovascular adverse events

2 (1.2%)

 Prolonged ventilation (> 72 h)

3 (1.8%)

 Redo for bleeding

1 (0.6%)

 Postoperative hospital stay (median, IQR; days)

6 (5–6)

Follow-up

 Number of patients

161 (95.8%)

 Duration of follow-up (median, IQR; months)

6.0 (6.0–13.0)

 Survival

161 (100%)

 Reoperation

0

 NYHA class at the latest follow-up

  I

127 (78.9%)

  II

34 (21.1%)

 TTE data at the latest follow-up

  Maximum LVOT gradient (mmHg)

11.5 ± 7.4

  Residual obstruction

3 (1.9%)

  Septal thickness (mm)

14.0 ± 2.5

  SAM

9 (5.6%)

  Moderate MR

2 (1.2%)

  Ventricular septal defect

1 (0.6%)

  1. AV aortic valve, IQR interquartile range, TEE transesophageal echocardiography, CAVB complete atrioventricular block