左さ心しん縮しゅく小しょう術じゅつ

noun

reduction left ventriculoplasty; Batista procedure

A surgical procedure to reduce the size of the left ventricle, primarily used in certain heart failure patients. Also known as the Batista procedure.

• 左さ心しん縮しゅく小しょう術じゅつは、拡かく張ちょう型がた心しん筋きん症しょうの患かん者じゃに対たいして行おこなわれることがある。

  Reduction left ventriculoplasty is sometimes performed on patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.