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Attacks;
• Brain damage due to an
accident or injury,
infection, vasculitis, and
inflammatory disease;
• Vascular disease
affecting the eye or optic
nerve;
• Ischaemic disorders of
the vestibular system;
and
• Secondary
haemorrhage within a
pre-existing cerebral
lesion.
Open Chest Surgery to
Aorta
The actual undergoing of
major surgery to repair or
correct an aneurysm,
narrowing, obstruction or
dissection of the aorta
through surgical opening
of
the chest or abdomen. For
the purpose of this
definition aorta shall mean
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Conditions
Early Stage
confirmed by a consultant
cardiologist.
34. Systemic
Lupus
Erythematosu
s with Lupus
Nephritis
Mild Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus
A multisystem,
multifactorial, autoimmune
disorder which mostly
affects females in their
childbearing years and is
characterised by the
development of autoantibodies directed against
various self-antigens. In
respect of this contract,
systematic lupus
erythematosus will be
restricted to those forms of
systematic lupus
erythematosus that require
systemic
immunosuppressive
therapy for multiple organ
involvement for at least 6
months under the direction
of a specialist. Evidence
must be provided from the
treating specialist that
proves to our satisfaction
that there has been
involvement of at least
three specified internal
organs. For the purposes
of this benefit the listed
specified organs are
restricted to the kidneys,
Intermediate Stage
an echocardiogram or any
other appropriate
diagnostic imaging test
that is available and
confirmed by a consultant
cardiologist or vascular
surgeon. For the purpose
of this definition, aorta
shall mean the thoracic
and abdominal aorta but
not its branches.
Minimally invasive cardiac
surgery refers to any
procedure performed
without a full sternotomy /
laparotomy or by a
percutaneous
intravascular route.
Minimally invasive cardiac
surgery therefore includes