Ventriculectomy

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]

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

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