Partial Left Ventriculectomy: Have Well-Succeeded Cases and Innovations in the Procedure Been Observed in the Last 12 Years?

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: In 1996, the Brazilian cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Randas Batista, introduced a surgical technique called partial left ventriculectomy, where he admitted the possibility of reducing the diameter of the left ventricle through the sectioning of one section of its wall. After the...

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Main Authors: José Sérgio Domingues, Marcos de Paula Vale, Marcos Pinotti Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2015-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382015000500579&lng=en&tlng=en