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required balloon dilation or |
stenting of the bile ducts. |
Biliary tract sclerosis or |
obstruction as a |
consequence of biliary |
surgery, gall stone |
disease, infection, |
inflammatory bowel |
disease or other |
secondary precipitants is |
excluded. |
Cardiac Defibrillator |
Insertion |
Insertion of a permanent |
cardiac defibrillator as a |
result of cardiac |
arrhythmia which cannot |
be treated via any other |
method. The surgical |
procedure must be |
certified to be absolutely |
necessary by a specialist |
in the relevant field. |
Early Cardiomyopathy |
The unequivocal |
diagnosis of |
cardiomyopathy which has |
resulted in the presence of |
permanent physical |
impairments to at least |
Class III of the New York |
Heart Association (NYHA) |
classification of Cardiac |
Impairment. |
The diagnosis must be |
confirmed by a specialist |
in the relevant field. |
Cardiomyopathy that is |
directly related to alcohol |
misuse is excluded. |
The NYHA Classification |
of Cardiac Impairment |
(Source: “Current Medical |
Advanced Stage1 |
Fulminant Hepatitis |
A submassive to massive |
necrosis of the liver by the |
Hepatitis virus, leading |
precipitously to liver |
failure. |
This diagnosis must be |
supported by all of the |
following: |
• Rapid decreasing of |
liver size as confirmed |
by abdominal |
ultrasound; |
• Necrosis involving entire |
lobules, leaving only a |
collapsed reticular |
framework; |
• Rapid deterioration of |
liver function tests; |
• Deepening jaundice; |
and |
• Hepatic |
encephalopathy. |
Heart Attack of Specified |
Severity |
Death of heart muscle due |
to ischaemia, that is |
evident by at least three of |
the following criteria |
proving the occurrence of |
a new heart attack: |
• History of typical chest |
pain; |
• New characteristic |
electrocardiographic |
changes; with the |
development of any of |
the following: ST |
elevation or depression, |
T wave inversion, |
pathological Q waves or |
left bundle branch block; |
• Elevation of the cardiac |
biomarkers, inclusive of |
CKMB above the |
generally accepted |
normal laboratory levels |
or Cardiac Troponin T or |
I at 0.5ng/ml and above; |
• Imaging evidence of new |
loss of viable |
myocardium or new |
regional wall motion |
abnormality. The |
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