cardiac valve repair

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 repair
• mitral valve repair
• pulmonary valve repair
• tricuspid valve repair

Additional terms

• cardiac valve replacement