Catheter, balloon valvuloplasty

Primary use
Treatment / Resuscitation / Palliative care / Surgery
Type of medical device or related product
Catheters and related
General vs. specific use (health condition)
Specific
Intended population age
Adolescent (10 to 19 years)
Later adults (over 64 years)
Adults (20 to 64 years)
Intended population sex
All
Level of technical knowledge
Specialized clinical
Capital
No
Reusable
No
Requirements
None
WHO list of priority medical devices
Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes (2021)
Service delivery platforms / Healthcare levels
Second-level and third-level hospital services and specialized outpatient services
Healthcare unit
Medical imaging
Specialized treatment
EMDN related code(s)
C019014
CARDIAC VALVULOPLASTY CATHETERS
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GMDN related code(s)
17453
Cardiac valvuloplasty catheter (A sterile flexible tube with an inflatable balloon designed to perform plastic or restorative surgery on a cardiac valve, i.e., for the dilatation of atrioventricular, aortic, and pulmonary trunk valves. It is typically used for the percutaneous dilatation of commissural fusion in stenotic mitral valves and for annular, cuspal, and calcific nodular fractures, to improve cuspal mobility in adult calcific aortic stenosis, and for leaflet tearing in pulmonic valve stenosis. It may also be used for percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy. This is a single-use device.)
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WHO related resources
Decommissioning
WHO resources on medical devices