Abstract:Objective To evaluate the clinical characteristics of basal and mid-ventricular septal hypertrophy in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) and to compare their surgical treatment outcomes.Method A retrospective analysis of clinical data from 83 patients diagnosed with HOCM at Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Anzhen Hospital between March 2019 and March 2021 was conducted. Patients were divided into two groups based on the obstruction site: basal septal hypertrophy group (71 cases) and mid-ventricular septal hypertrophy group (12 cases). The age, sex, clinical symptoms, surgical methods, echocardiographic results, and postoperative complications were compared between the two groups.Result No statistically significant differences were found between the two groups regarding age, sex composition, body mass index, smoking rates, prevalence of diabetes, incidence of heart failure, NYHA functional classification, degree of mitral regurgitation, pathological types of mitral valve, and treatment methods (P > 0.05). The aortic occlusion time, postoperative atrial fibrillation, and surgical mortality were also comparable (P > 0.05). However, the extracorporeal circulation time and hospital stay in the basal hypertrophy group were shorter than those in the mid-ventricular hypertrophy group (P < 0.05). Preoperatively, the basal hypertrophy group had higher left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) pressure gradients, LVOT flow velocities, septal thickness, mitral regurgitation areas, left ventricular end-diastolic diameters, and ejection fractions compared to the mid-ventricular hypertrophy group (P < 0.05), while the left ventricular end-systolic diameter was lower (P < 0.05). One year postoperatively, the ejection fraction in the basal hypertrophy group was higher than in the mid-ventricular hypertrophy group (P < 0.05), and the left ventricular end-systolic diameter was lower (P < 0.05). Follow-up results showed significant improvement in clinical symptoms for all patients, with heart function classifications of I and II, and no cases of reoperation, long-term complications, or mortality.Conclusion There are differences in clinical presentation and surgical treatment between basal and mid-ventricular septal hypertrophy in HOCM. Appropriate surgical treatment strategies should be selected based on the pathological types and clinical manifestations of patients to achieve better therapeutic outcomes.