What is heart valvuloplasty?

The heart valve is like a “gate”, once the lesion occurs, the blood circulation will be disrupted, eventually leading to heart failure and other serious complications, the traditional treatment method is valve replacement as the first choice, although the current artificial valve production process is becoming more and more perfect, but ultimately can not completely replace the body’s own valve, with the development of cardiac surgery technology. With the development of cardiac surgery technology, valvuloplasty is gradually gaining the attention of cardiac surgeons and has become one of the main means of treating heart valve disease. Compared with prosthetic valve replacement, valvuloplasty is a procedure to repair the valve through incision, suture, repair, and implantation of a prosthetic ring to preserve the valve’s own structure and restore its function. Since there is no fixed procedure for valvuloplasty, a specific plan needs to be developed for each valve lesion, which requires a very precise understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the heart valves and a skilled experience in valve replacement surgery, which is the most perfect combination of technology and art.