ventriculectomy

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Name = Ventricular reduction |

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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.{{cite book |title=Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery |date=2013 |publisher=Saunders |pages=792–808 |edition=4}} A Batista procedure is a partial left ventriculectomy that is used to treat advanced heart failure. This procedure is not widely used because outcomes are often unsatisfactory.{{cite book |title=Cardiovascular Pathology |date=2016 |publisher=Elsevier |pages=271–339}}