Ventricular reduction
Other namesVentricular reduction
Specialtycardiac surgery
ICD-9-CM37.35

Ventriculectomy, or ventricular reduction, is a type of operation in cardiac surgery to reduce enlargement of the heart from cardiomyopathy or ischemic aneurysm formation. In these procedures, part of the ventricular wall is resected.[1]A Batista procedure is a partial left ventriculectomy that is used to treat advanced heart failure.[1] This procedure is not widely used because outcomes are often unsatisfactory.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery (4 ed.). Saunders. 2013. pp. 792–808.
  2. ↑ Cardiovascular Pathology. Elsevier. 2016. pp. 271–339.


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