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Valvotomy
Valvotomy is a surgical or catheter-based procedure that incises or dilates a narrowed heart valve to enlarge its orifice and restore blood flow, first-line treatment for severe rheumatic mitral stenosis.
Valvuloplasty
Valvuloplasty is a catheter-based or surgical procedure that widens a narrowed heart valve by splitting fused tissue, used mainly for rheumatic mitral stenosis and congenital pulmonary or aortic stenosis.
Ventricular tachycardia ablation
Ventricular tachycardia ablation is a catheter-based procedure that destroys heart tissue generating abnormal electrical circuits, reducing recurrent VT and ICD shocks in randomized trials against drugs.
Zero-fluoroscopy catheter ablation
Zero-fluoroscopy catheter ablation is a cardiac electrophysiology technique that replaces X-ray guidance with electroanatomic mapping and intracardiac echocardiography, avoiding radiation and proving as safe and effective as conventional ablation.