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The newer 100-patient MESM series reported a substantial reduction in outflow obstruction; the earlier 148-patient series also describes correction of abnormal structures supporting the mitral valve.","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":"Relief of outflow obstruction","text":"In the 100-patient MESM study, the mean pressure gradient across the narrowed outflow fell from 85.8 to 8.4 mmHg. These were early postoperative results.","sources":["rank-cui100"]},{"label":"4–5 cm incision; breastbone intact","text":"The study used an incision near the right armpit. No patient in that series required conversion to sternotomy.","sources":["rank-cui100"]},{"label":"Reported HCM programme experience","text":"Practice experience, annual activity and individual study populations are shown separately with their sources.","sources":["rank-cui-mesm","cui-personal"]}],"benefits":[{"text":"Preserving the breastbone removes a major recovery burden: healing a surgically divided sternum. Daily movement can focus on comfort, the chest-wall wound and gradually rebuilding activity.","sources":["tp-cui100","br-sternum-gstt"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"In the 100-patient MESM series, four patients required a permanent pacemaker and no in-hospital deaths were observed. This selected, single-centre study reports early outcomes without a matched sternotomy group; zero observed deaths does not mean zero risk.","sources":["rank-cui100"]}],"sections":[{"id":"benefit-balance","title":"Benefits and limitations","text":"Benefits and limitations Potential advantages Preserving the breastbone removes a major recovery burden: healing a surgically divided sternum. Daily movement can focus on comfort, the chest-wall wound and gradually rebuilding activity. Sources: MESM: 100-patient observational study · Guy’s and St Thomas’: breastbone healing and movement after heart surgery Trade-offs and limits In the 100-patient MESM series, four patients required a permanent pacemaker and no in-hospital deaths were observed. This selected, single-centre study reports early outcomes without a matched sternotomy group; zero observed deaths does not mean zero risk. Sources: Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision","links":[{"label":"MESM: 100-patient observational study","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41109584/"},{"label":"Guy’s and St Thomas’: breastbone healing and movement after heart surgery","url":"https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/health-information/physiotherapy-heart-surgery"},{"label":"Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.09.023"}]},{"id":"research","title":"Procedure-specific research","text":"Procedure-specific research Right infra-axillary transaortic myectomy with documented subvalvular work. 148 patients. September 2021–July 2023 · published 2024. Papillary resection in 72/148 (48.6%); chordal resection in 93/148 (62.8%); papillary reorientation in 15/148 (10.1%). Procedures overlap. Numerical follow-up duration was not specified in the inspected report. How to interpret this: Cui is senior/corresponding author; the full paper does not explicitly assign all operations to him personally. Selected single-centre approach series without a sternotomy control group. Pacemaker risk is affected by baseline conduction abnormalities. This is the earlier modified-Morrow series, not the newer 100-patient MESM series. Sources: An innovative minimally invasive approach for HOCM: transaortic septal myectomy via right infra-axillary incision · Yong Cui practice profile Electro-septal sculpting through a 4–5 cm right infra-axillary incision. 100 patients. November 2023–May 2024 · print publication 2026. A distinct newer technique cohort. The practice site describes a long electrocautery instrument; the study abstract reports aortic cross-clamping. Early postoperative outcomes; long-term duration unavailable in the abstract. How to interpret this: Cui is senior/corresponding author and the practice site’s technique proponent. Personal operator count is not established by the abstract. Abstract-only review. Do not sum this cohort with other publications or the practice website’s lifetime claims. Zero observed deaths does not mean zero risk. 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Its newer 100-patient MESM study reports early relief of obstruction while preserving the breastbone. An earlier study also treated abnormal mitral-valve supports that contributed to the blockage. Sources: An innovative minimally invasive approach for HOCM: transaortic septal myectomy via right infra-axillary incision · Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision · Yong Cui practice profile · MESM: minimally invasive electro septal myectomy · Cui team: 2024 annual clinical activity report (published 31 January 2025) Explore the programme and other specialists →","links":[{"label":"Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-zhejiang/"},{"label":"An innovative minimally invasive approach for HOCM: transaortic septal myectomy via right infra-axillary incision","url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11632347/"},{"label":"Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.09.023"},{"label":"Yong Cui practice profile","url":"https://dryongcuiheartsurgery.com/"},{"label":"MESM: minimally invasive electro septal myectomy","url":"https://mesmsurgery.com/"},{"label":"Cui team: 2024 annual clinical activity report (published 31 January 2025)","url":"https://www.drvoice.cn/article/16542"},{"label":"Explore the programme and other specialists →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-zhejiang/"}]},{"id":"treatment-programmes","title":"Treatment programmes and package prices","text":"Treatment programmes and package prices Hangzhou, China Yong Cui · HCM surgery ↗ Yong Cui Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital A 4–5 cm underarm incision keeps the breastbone intact: no divided breastbone to heal while you rebuild walking and everyday activity. $25,000–40,000 estimated cost USD · estimated programme range · updated 8 October 2026. Published 100-patient MESM series; separate 132-patient mid-cavity conference report and earlier 148-patient modified-Morrow study. See method, care and package ↗ Treatment programmes ↗","links":[{"label":"Yong Cui · HCM surgery ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/programme-cui-hcm/"},{"label":"See method, care and package ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/programme-cui-hcm/"},{"label":"Treatment programmes ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/treatment-programmes/"}]}],"introduction":"Heart surgery guide / Yong Cui Yong Cui · Decision guide Yong Cui: septal myectomy and minimally invasive HCM surgery HCM surgery addressing the septum and mitral supporting structures · Hangzhou, China Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources linked throughout At a glance Yong Cui’s team has published HCM surgery through an incision near the right armpit, leaving the breastbone intact. The newer 100-patient MESM series reported a substantial reduction in outflow obstruction; the earlier 148-patient series also describes correction of abnormal structures supporting the mitral valve. Relief of outflow obstruction In the 100-patient MESM study, the mean pressure gradient across the narrowed outflow fell from 85.8 to 8.4 mmHg. These were early postoperative results. Sources: Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision 4–5 cm incision; breastbone intact The study used an incision near the right armpit. No patient in that series required conversion to sternotomy. Sources: Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision Reported HCM programme experience Practice experience, annual activity and individual study populations are shown separately with their sources. Sources: MESM: minimally invasive electro septal myectomy · Yong Cui practice profile Portrait source ↗ cardiac surgeon Yong Cui Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital → Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (practice profile) Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (practice profile) · Hangzhou, China. Read the clinical or research source ↗ Reported surgical experience 1,000+ septal myectomies Programme operations · Cumulative; counting cutoff not stated HCM myectomy programme using an underarm route that preserves the breastbone. MESM programme / Yong Cui ↗ · source read 2026-10-08 5,000+ Minimally invasive cardiac operations across conditions Programme operations · Cumulative; counting cutoff not stated Minimally invasive heart operations across conditions since 2018; this is broader than HCM. Yong Cui practice overview ↗ · source read 2026-10-08 250+ septal myectomies Programme operations · Calendar year 2024 · published 2025-01-31 · counting date 2024-12-31 Right infra-axillary modified-Morrow myectomies. This technique-specific count is a minimum for the programme’s total myectomy activity; other approaches are not included. 心有“勇”术｜崔勇：寻道创新，微步致远 ↗ · 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":"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":"surgeon-rankings","title":"Heart surgeon rankings by reported experience, method and results","kind":"guide","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/surgeon-rankings/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/surgeon-rankings.json"},{"id":"clinic-zhejiang","title":"Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital: heart surgery expertise","kind":"clinic-profile","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-zhejiang/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/clinic-zhejiang.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"},{"id":"treatment-programmes","title":"Heart surgery treatment programmes: doctors, packages and costs","kind":"treatment-listing","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/treatment-programmes/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/treatment-programmes.json"},{"id":"programme-cui-hcm","title":"HCM surgery with Yong Cui: breastbone-sparing, $25,000–40,000","kind":"treatment-programme","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/programme-cui-hcm/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/programme-cui-hcm.json"}],"entity":{"id":"yong-cui","name":"Yong Cui","programme_id":"zhejiang","role":"Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (practice profile)","procedure_relevance":["published HOCM septal myectomy technique","provider-described trans-axillary valve surgery"],"source_ids":["rank-cui148","rank-cui100","rank-tongji418","cui-personal","cui-chinese-profile","rank-cui-mesm","cui-2024-volume"],"portrait":{"url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/yong-cui-200x300.jpg","source_page":"https://dryongcuiheartsurgery.com/","width":760,"height":1140,"alt":"Yong Cui — official portrait"},"topics":["hcm","minimal"],"discipline":"cardiac surgeon","official_url":"https://dryongcuiheartsurgery.com/","profile":{"intro":"Yong Cui specialises in HCM myectomy through an underarm incision that preserves the breastbone. 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