Why the cost variesNo single figure fits every Valvuloplasty case.
Valvuloplasty opens a narrowed heart valve, usually by inflating a balloon across it during cardiac catheterization. It may provide definitive treatment for selected valve lesions or improve flow as a bridge to later repair or replacement.
- ✓Valve treated and technical complexity
- ✓Balloon and catheter specifications
- ✓Imaging guidance and catheter-laboratory time
- ✓Need for intensive monitoring or subsequent valve intervention
- ✓Hospital, treating team, room category and city
- ✓Complications or changes required after examination