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Valvuloplasty

Date: November 2000

Definition:

Undergoing balloon valvuloplasty for stenotic heart valve disease. Echocardiographic or equivalent evidence of the underlyinig disease must be provided and the disease must be considered uncontrollable by non-invasive medical therapy.

No change since February 1998

 

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