ventriculotomy


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ventriculotomy

 [ven-trik″u-lot´ah-me]
incision of a ventricle.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ven·tric·u·lot·o·my

(ven-trik'yū-lot'ŏ-mē),
Incision into a ventricle; for example, into the cerebral third ventricle for the relief of hydrocephalus or into a cardiac ventricle to surgically correct an abnormality.
[ventriculo- + G. tomē, incision]
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ventriculotomy

(vĕn-trĭk′yə-lŏt′ə-mē)
n.
Incision into a ventricle of the brain or heart.
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ventriculotomy

Surgery An incision into a ventricle, either of the brain or heart
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

ven·tric·u·lot·o·my

(ven-trik'yū-lot'ŏ-mē)
Incision into a ventricle of the heart or the brain.
[ventriculo- + G. tomē, incision]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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(1,2) In a patient like ours with repair of an isolated VSD via a right ventriculotomy and use of a patch to close the defect, ventricular tachyarrhythmias would be more likely than atrial flutter.
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[13] Interventional cardiologists must be aware of the presence of multiple ostia in anterior aortic sinuses before doing procedures like right ventriculotomy for ventricular septal defect or pulmonary stenosis.
A study on anatomy and variations of sinoatrial nodal artery
During SVR, the ventricular wall was closed using an endoventricular patch in thirty patients (40%) and direct ventriculotomy closure in the remaining 46 patients (60%).
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This is especially true if myocardial performance is weakened by ventriculotomy as required for repair of a variety of CHDs3.
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