Batista procedure
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Batista procedure
(bah-tēs'tă),surgical reduction of one or both ventricles when they are excessively dilated.
Synonym(s): ventricular reduction surgery
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Batista procedure
A radical procedure for treating some forms of end-stage heart failure—in particular congestive heart failure (CHF)—due to dilated cardiomyopathy, based on a radical application of the Frank-Starling law, in which a wedge of the left ventricular is excised, and the reduced ventricle then sewn together.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Batista procedure
Left ventricular diameter reduction, left ventriculectomy, ventricular reduction Cardiovascular surgery A radical surgical procedure for treating some forms of end-stage heart failure, in particular CHF due to dilated cardiomyopathy. Cf Cardiomyoplasty.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Batista procedure
See HEART REDUCTION.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005