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The entry point and heart support differ from conventional transaortic myectomy and Cui’s infra-axillary operations.","research_credit":{"name":"Yevhenii Kozlov","role":"Co-Founder of Bookimed","url":"https://us-uk.bookimed.com/ceo/kozlov/","contribution":"Research personally prepared and reviewed","assistance":"AI tools assisted source research."},"editorial_scope":"Source-based patient information; an individual treatment plan requires clinical review.","research_method":"How this guide is researched and compared Research project led by Yevhenii Kozlov . We link clinical guidance, primary studies and named hospital or offer sources beside the relevant statements. Comparisons distinguish individual operators from programme results and preserve the study population, follow-up and limitations. Prices are dated examples with their stated scope. Research and editorial preparation are separate from clinical review; no named clinician has medically reviewed this edition. Bookimed provides care coordination. Partner and reference programmes are identified from their sources; paid ordering is not used in our published-cohort comparison. Read the editorial policy .","key_takeaways":[{"label":"A named technique developer","text":"The current department page names Wei as director and describes the team’s transapical myectomy system.","sources":["depth-tongji"]},{"label":"Separate anatomical cohorts","text":"The evidence includes a 418-patient series and an earlier 61-patient study focused on midventricular obstruction.","sources":["rank-tongji418","rank-tongji61"]},{"label":"Beating-heart access","text":"The described method avoids cardiopulmonary bypass in the studied operation.","sources":["rank-tongji418"]}],"benefits":[{"text":"The studied transapical approach accesses the septum without cardiopulmonary bypass, while the heart continues beating.","sources":["depth-tongji","rank-tongji418","rank-tongji61"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"Avoiding bypass is a method feature, not proof of suitability for every mitral or papillary abnormality. The reports are not a direct randomized comparison with transaortic myectomy and do not belong to Cui’s programme.","sources":["depth-tongji","rank-tongji418","rank-tongji61"]}],"sections":[{"id":"benefit-balance","title":"Clinical benefits and limitations","text":"Clinical benefits and limitations Potential advantages The studied transapical approach accesses the septum without cardiopulmonary bypass, while the heart continues beating. Sources: Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department · TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period · Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for HCM patients with midventricular obstruction Trade-offs and limits Avoiding bypass is a method feature, not proof of suitability for every mitral or papillary abnormality. The reports are not a direct randomized comparison with transaortic myectomy and do not belong to Cui’s programme. Sources: Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department · TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period · Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for HCM patients with midventricular obstruction","links":[{"label":"Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department","url":"https://www.tjh.com.cn/channels/1008.html"},{"label":"TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.015044"},{"label":"Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for HCM patients with midventricular obstruction","url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11130719/"},{"label":"Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department","url":"https://www.tjh.com.cn/channels/1008.html"},{"label":"TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.015044"},{"label":"Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for HCM patients with midventricular obstruction","url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11130719/"}]},{"id":"specialists","title":"Specialists and their clinical work","text":"Specialists and their clinical work XW Wuhan · China cardiac surgeon Xiang Wei → Xiang Wei directs cardiovascular surgery at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan. His team’s myectomy system approaches the septum through the heart’s apex on a beating heart, a distinct route from transaortic or infra-axillary surgery. Tongji Hospital Wuhan → Sources: Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department · TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period View expertise and research →","links":[{"label":"Xiang Wei →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-xiang-wei/"},{"label":"Tongji Hospital Wuhan →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-tongji-wuhan/"},{"label":"Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department","url":"https://www.tjh.com.cn/channels/1008.html"},{"label":"TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.015044"},{"label":"View expertise and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-xiang-wei/"}]},{"id":"evidence","title":"Procedure-specific research","text":"Procedure-specific research Read alongside Xiang Wei’s profile → Published Tongji cohorts The comparison guide retains the team’s larger clinical series and the earlier 61-patient study as separately attributed evidence. Patient selection, follow-up and the method are visible in those cards. How to interpret this: These publications describe programme experience. Their results must not be attributed to Cui or compared as a risk-adjusted league table of individual surgeons. Sources: TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period · Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for HCM patients with midventricular obstruction","links":[{"label":"Xiang Wei’s profile →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-xiang-wei/"},{"label":"TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.015044"},{"label":"Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for HCM patients with midventricular obstruction","url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11130719/"}]}],"introduction":"Heart surgery guide / Tongji Hospital Wuhan Tongji Hospital Wuhan · Decision guide Tongji Hospital Wuhan: heart surgery expertise Wuhan, China · Septal myectomy through the apex on a beating heart Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources linked throughout At a glance Tongji’s HCM contribution is transapical beating-heart septal myectomy, developed by Xiang Wei’s team. The entry point and heart support differ from conventional transaortic myectomy and Cui’s infra-axillary operations. A named technique developer The current department page names Wei as director and describes the team’s transapical myectomy system. Sources: Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department Separate anatomical cohorts The evidence includes a 418-patient series and an earlier 61-patient study focused on midventricular obstruction. Sources: TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period · Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for HCM patients with midventricular obstruction Beating-heart access The described method avoids cardiopulmonary bypass in the studied operation. Sources: TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period Reported surgical experience 1,000+ TA-BSM for HCM Multiple centres · Cumulative; counting cutoff not stated · published 2024-12-23 · counting date 2024-12-23 Adoption across 15 hospitals; this count describes the technique’s network, not Xiang Wei’s personal or Tongji-only volume. HUST academic advances: Xiang Wei TA-BSM programme ↗ · source read 2026-10-08 Compare septal myectomy experience →","related_documents":[{"id":"heart-surgery","title":"Heart surgery abroad: treatments, clinics and costs","kind":"home","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/heart-surgery.json"},{"id":"minimally-invasive","title":"Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgery","kind":"guide","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/minimally-invasive/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/minimally-invasive.json"},{"id":"hcm-myectomy","title":"Septal myectomy for obstructive HCM: compare treatment options","kind":"guide","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/hcm-myectomy/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/hcm-myectomy.json"},{"id":"clinics","title":"Heart surgery clinics: compare techniques and specialist teams","kind":"directory","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinics/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/clinics.json"},{"id":"surgeons","title":"Find cardiac surgeons and heart specialists by procedure","kind":"surgeons","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/surgeons/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/surgeons.json"},{"id":"doctor-xiang-wei","title":"Xiang Wei: transapical beating-heart septal myectomy","kind":"doctor-profile","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-xiang-wei/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/doctor-xiang-wei.json"},{"id":"septal-myectomy-surgeon-comparison","title":"HCM and septal myectomy surgeon rankings: experience, methods and results","kind":"evidence-directory","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/septal-myectomy-surgeon-comparison/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/septal-myectomy-surgeon-comparison.json"}],"entity":{"id":"tongji-wuhan","name":"Tongji Hospital Wuhan — Cardiovascular Surgery","country":"China","city":"Wuhan","surgeon_ids":["xiang-wei"],"topics":["hcm","minimal"],"source_attested_services":["transapical beating-heart septal myectomy"],"patient_task_fit":"Septal myectomy through the apex on a beating heart","value_headline":"Septal myectomy through the apex on a beating heart","value_summary":"Tongji’s HCM contribution is transapical beating-heart septal myectomy, developed by Xiang Wei’s team. 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