cardiac valve replacement

Indications

• valvular heart disease refractory to medical therapy

Procedure

• see specific type
• preoperative cardiac catheterization with coronary angiography for patients with cardiac risk factor(s)

More general terms

• cardiac surgery (heart surgery)
• surgical repair/revision/reconstruction

More specific terms

• aortic valve replacement (AVR)
• mitral valve replacement (MVR)
• pulmonary valve replacement
• transcatheter valve-in-valve procedure
• tricuspid valve replacement

Additional terms

• cardiac valve repair