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31Ventricular assist device — Graphic describing a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). The device pumps blood from the left ventricle to the aorta. A Ventricular assist device, or VAD, is a mechanical circulatory device that is used to partially or completely replace the… …
32Norwood procedure — Intervention Diagram of a healthy heart and one suffering from Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. In the heart on the right, note the near absence of the left ventricle, which normally provides systemic circulation. In the Norwood procedur …
33Minimaze procedure — Intervention ICD 9 CM 37.33 The mini maze procedures are cardiac surgery procedures intended to cure atrial fibrillation (AF), a common disturbance of heart rhythm. They are procedures derived from the original maze proce …
34Percutaneous coronary intervention — Intervention A coronary angiogram (an X ray with radio opaque contrast in the coronary arteries) that shows the left coronary circulation. The distal left main coronary artery (LMCA) is in the left upper quadrant of the image. Its main branches… …
35Jatene procedure — Intervention ICD 9 CM 35.84 The Jatene procedure, or arterial switch, is an open heart surgical procedure used to correct dextro transposition of the great arteries (d TGA); its development was …
36Dor procedure — In 1985, Vincent Dor, MD, introduced endoventricular circular patch plasty (EVCPP), or the Dor procedure, as a viable method for restoring a dilated left ventricle to its normal, elliptical geometry. The Dor procedure, which uses a circular… …
37Drug-eluting stent — Intervention An example of a drug eluting stent. This is the TAXUS Express2 Paclitaxel Eluting Coronary Stent System, which releases paclitaxel. ICD 9 CM …
38Doppler echocardiography — Intervention Mitral valve MeSH …
39Cryoablation — Intervention ICD 9 CM 37.33, 37.34 …
40Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery — Intervention ICD 9 CM 36.33 Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB) is a surgical treatment for coronary heart disease that is a less invasive method of coronary artery bypass surgery (C …
