# Procedures and surgery

Front · id `cardio:front-procedures-and-surgery` · Cardiovascular Atlas · release `f6f6f1b6f50379ed` (public)

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## In plain language

Pages about repairs done through a thin tube (a catheter) or by an operation, on arteries or on heart valves. Each page says what is done and what the evidence covers.

## Technical summary

Navigation grouping for catheter-based and surgical procedures on the arteries and valves, filed here with part\_of. It is a way to browse. It makes no statement about whether anything in it works.

## Connected pages

- Includes: Adult congenital heart disease (`cardio:adult-congenital-heart-disease`)
- Includes: Aortic stenosis (`cardio:aortic-stenosis`)
- Includes: Coronary artery disease (`cardio:coronary-artery-disease`)
- Includes: Heart valve disease (`cardio:heart-valve-disease`)
- Includes: Mitral regurgitation (`cardio:mitral-regurgitation`)
- Includes: Rhythm control for AF (medicines or catheter ablation) (`cardio:af-rhythm-control`)
- Includes: Percutaneous coronary intervention (stents) (`cardio:pci`)
- Includes: Surgical aortic valve replacement (`cardio:surgical-aortic-valve-replacement`)
- Includes: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) (`cardio:tavr`)
- Includes: Amplatzer Septal Occluder (`cardio:amplatzer-septal-occluder`)
- Includes: CoreValve and Evolut transcatheter valves (`cardio:corevalve-evolut`)
- Includes: Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve (`cardio:melody-transcatheter-pulmonary-valve`)
- Includes: MitraClip (`cardio:mitraclip`)
- Includes: SAPIEN 3 transcatheter heart valve (`cardio:sapien-3`)
- Includes: TriClip (`cardio:triclip`)
- Includes: WATCHMAN left atrial appendage closure device (`cardio:watchman`)
- Includes: Left atrial appendage occlusion (`cardio:left-atrial-appendage-occlusion`)
- Includes: Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) (`cardio:transcatheter-edge-to-edge-repair`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 37384eda40fd84dda8a8ea1f9727ba4d1a1f640d1513dae6ef16fca370db86b9
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: Not recorded