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  • Title: [New surgical procedure for patients with dilated heart and end-stage cardiac failure (Batista procedure)].
    Author: Suma H, Horii T, Ichihara T, Hisamochi K, Takuma S, Iwahashi K.
    Journal: J Cardiol; 1997 Feb; 29(2):117-20; discussion 120-2. PubMed ID: 9120793.
    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.
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