title: [New surgical procedure for patients with dilated heart and end-stage cardiac failure (Batista procedure)].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shonan-Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hisamochi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takuma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwahashi
mesh_terms: 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