A ventriculotomy is a heart surgery that involves an incision into one or both ventricles. It is a component of many heart surgeries, including infarctectomy and many congenital heart defect surgeries. In the long-term, a prior ventriculotomy can increase the risk of ventricular arrhythmia. Right ventriculotomy often causes right bundle branch block if it is extensive. Modern congenital surgery techniques have reduced the long-term effects of ventriculotomy and its repair.
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- Fuster, Valentin; Harrington, Robert A.; Narula, Jagat; Eapen, Zubin J. Hurst's the heart (14th ed.). New York. ISBN 9780071843249. OCLC 954194128.