[New surgical procedure for patients with dilated heart and end-stage cardiac failure (Batista procedure)].
A 53-year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy underwent left ventriculoplasty (Batista procedure), a new surgical procedure, which reduces ventricular volume to improve left ventricular function. Left ventricular ejection fraction increased from 19.7% to 43.7%. Unfortunately, he died of pneumonia 12 days after surgery. This is the first such procedure in a human in Japan.
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shonan-Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura.
Horii
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Ichihara
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Hisamochi
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Takuma
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Iwahashi
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D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left