valvuloplasty (redirected from valvuloplasties)

valvuloplasty /val·vu·lo·plas·ty/ (val´vu-lo-plas?te) plastic repair of a valve, especially a heart valve.

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balloon valvuloplasty  dilation of a stenotic cardiac valve by means of a balloon-tipped catheter that is introduced into the valve and inflated.

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val·vu·lo·plas·ty (vlvy-l-plst)

n.

Plastic surgery to repair a valve, especially a cardiac valve. Also called valvoplasty.

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valvuloplasty

plastic repair of a valve, especially a valve of the heart.

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balloon valvuloplasty

use of an intracardiac catheter with an inflatable balloon to dilate stenotic cardiac valves.