“…As we all know, a satisfactory procedure for HOCM consists of three major goals: completely thickened septal muscle resection, dealing with the anterior mitral valve lea et in avoid of postoperative SAM, and release of abnormal papillary muscle and chordae attachments [8,9,11,12,13]. Compared with the traditional trans-aortic approach via the aortic incision, the trans-mitral approach via the base of the anterior mitral lea et provided a more clear panoramic exposure of the interventricular septum, making myectomy easily and avoiding heart block [14,15], through this approach, experienced surgeons could even identify the pale brous hinges subaortic hit caused by SAM [16,17,18]. Also this approach provided a wide vision of the anterior papillary muscles and its base.…”