Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty.

Description

Mitral regurgitation occurs when one of the four valves in the heart - the mitral valve - does not close properly, allowing blood to leak backwards. It may lead to shortness of breath and eventually heart failure (where the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs). In this procedure, a catheter is inserted into a large vein in the groin or neck and passed through to the heart. A device is placed into a large vein that sits next to the mitral valve to constrict the valve, with the aim of making it close properly.

NICE Pathways

This guidance has been incorporated into the following NICE Pathways, along with other related guidance and products.

Visit the NICE Pathway: chronic heart failure

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

K35.8 Other specified therapeutic transluminal operations on valve of heart

Y02.2 Insertion of prosthesis into organ NOC

Y53.4 Approach to organ under fluoroscopic control

Z32.1 Mitral valve

U20.2 Transoesophageal echocardiography (if carried out)

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	IPG352 Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty: guidance	28 July 2010
	IPG352 Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty: guidance (web format)	07 April 2011
	IPG352 Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty: understanding NICE guidance (MS Word format)	28 July 2010
	IPG352 Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty: understanding NICE guidance	28 July 2010
	IPG352 Trwsio falf feitrol gan ddefnyddio dyfais gynorthwyol (anwloplasteg) a osodir drwy wyth�¯en gan ddefnyddio cathetr: deall canllawiau NICE (fformat MS Word)	24 August 2010
	Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty: consultation comments table	23 July 2010
	Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty - Interventional Procedures Consultation Document	22 March 2010
	Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty - Interventional Procedures Overview	22 March 2010