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 publication of this study, thousands of case
reports and procedure analysis have been published, and due to several
disappointing results, many doctors and institutions failed to execute it. As the
main objective of this study, stands out the search for success cases of
ventriculectomy in the last 12 years and if during this period it was achieved
some significant development in this procedure that allows obtaining lower
mortality rate postoperatively.METHODS Systematic review of indexed scientific literature over the past 12 years and the
term "Partial Left Ventriculectomy".RESULTS There has been a considerable number of reported successful cases and highly
significant findings in regard to determining the most suitable region for the
section, proper selection of the patients indicated to the procedure, including
the influence of the coronary artery anatomy in the nomination procedure and the
need for preservation of ventricular geometry to ensure better quality of
ventricular contractions after the sectioning.CONCLUSION This surgical procedure has been successfully performed, mainly in Japan,
improvements in its efficiency were found and the need for a mathematical modeling
of the slice to be severed is a prominent factor in many studies.