New surgical procedure for patients with dilated heart and end-stage cardiac failure (Batista procedure)

Suma, H.; Horii, T.; Ichihara, T.; Hisamochi, K.; Takuma, S.; Iwahashi, K.

Journal of Cardiology 29(2) 117-120; Discussion: 120-122

1997


ISSN/ISBN: 0914-5087
PMID: 9120793
Document Number: 479793
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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