Ventriculectomía parcial izquierda en un paciente con miocardiopatía dilatada terminal: ¿una alternativa para el trasplante cardíaco? / Partial left ventriculectomy for end stage dilated cardiomyopathy: report of one case

We present a case of a 60 year old male with end stage dilated cardiomyopathy in NYHA functional class IV in whom a partial left ventriculectomy was performed, a new surgical procedure developed in Brazil and done for the first time in Chile. Left ventricular size reduction produced an objective improvement on echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular function as well as in patient's NYHA functional class in the early post operative period