valvotomy

A surgical procedure to separate heart valves that have become fused.

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Noun 1. valvotomy - incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction

surgical incision, incision, section - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

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valvotomy

n (pl -mies) valvulotomía, valvuloplastia

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The limited transannular valvotomy was done in two cases.

PRESERVATION OF PULMONARY VALVE THROUGH TRANSATRIAL AND TRANSVENTRICULAR APPROACH IN PRIMARY REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT (TOF); A SINGLE CENTERED RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS

The patient was taken for a Balloon Mitral Valvotomy as this opened the narrowed valve to improve the function of the heart and enable her immediate relief.

Pregnant woman saved by high-risk surgery in Sharjah

Objective: To determine the short term and three months' echocardiographic outcomes of percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy (PMBV) in mitral stenosis patients with low Wilkin's score in a medical teaching institution.

PERCUTANEOUS BALOON VALVOTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL STENOSIS WITH FAVORABLE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC SCORE

Surgical valvotomy and repair for neonatal and infant congenital aortic stenosis achieves better results than interventional catheterization.

Aortic Wall Injury: Intimal Flap Formation after Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasty, a Rare Complication

There may be a malfunctioning heart valve, which may need medical or surgical intervention in the form of valvotomy, valvuloplasty or valve replacement.

EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DYSPNOEIC PATIENT- A CHALLENGE TO THE ANAESTHESIOLOGIST

concluded that PBPV was suboptimal for dysplastic valve PVS.[30] PVS with valve dysplasia requires surgical valvotomy to reconstruct the valve and thoroughly relieve the obstruction.

Immediate Therapeutic Outcomes and Medium-term Follow-up of Percutaneous Balloon Pulmonary Valvuloplasty in Infants with Pulmonary Valve Stenosis: A Single-center Retrospective Study

Pulmonary valvotomy with transannular extension was done in patients with small pulmonary valve annulus.

Tetralogy of Fallot repair in patients presenting after Infancy: A single surgeon experience

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty has superseded surgical valvotomy (closed and open) for patients with pliable valves.

An approach to the diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease

The patient underwent aortic valvotomy at age 5 to relieve congenital stenosis.

A forty-year-old woman with a history of a cardiac operation at age 5 years

Repair of the double outlet right ventricle with pulmonary stenosis can be done by Blalock-Taussig anastomosis Brock valvotomy or Potts and a Blalock-Taussig shunt.

Double outlet right ventricle atrioventricular canal defect with severe pulmonary artery stenosis: a rare cyanotic congenital heart disease