Mortgage Protection booklet - Irish Life

12. Coronary artery by-pass grafts
Plan definition:
The undergoing of surgery on the advice of a Consultant Cardiologist
to correct at least 70% narrowing or blockage of one or more coronary
arteries with by-pass grafts via a thoracotomy, a thoracoscope or mini
thoracotomy.
For the above definition, the following are not covered:
• balloon angioplasty, atherectomy, insertion of stents and laser
treatment or any other procedures.
In simpler terms:
Coronary artery surgery may be necessary if one or more coronary
arteries (the arteries which supply blood to the heart) are narrowed
or blocked. The surgery is done to relieve the pain of angina or if the
blocked artery is life-threatening.
Coronary artery bypass surgery is carried out by taking a vein, normally
from the thigh, and using it to direct blood past the diseased or blocked
artery.
You will be able to claim if you have a coronary artery bypass surgery for
ischaemic heart disease of at least 70% in one artery. You are not covered
under this definition for any other intervention techniques such as
angioplasty or laser relief.
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13. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease – resulting in
permanent symptoms
Plan definition:
Confirmation by a Consultant Neurologist of a definite diagnosis of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease resulting in permanent neurological deficit
with persisting clinical symptoms*.
*”permanent neurological deficit with persisting clinical symptoms” is
clearly defined as:
Symptoms of dysfunction in the nervous system that are present
on clinical examination and expected to last throughout the insured
person’s life.
Symptoms that are covered include numbness, hyperaesthesia
(increased sensitivity), paralysis, localised weakness, dysarthria (difficulty
with speech), aphasia (inability to speak), dysphagia (difficulty in
swallowing), visual impairment, difficulty in walking, lack of coordination,
tremor, seizures, dementia, delirium and coma.
The following are not covered:-
• An abnormality seen on brain or other scans without definite related
clinical symptoms.
• Neurological signs occurring without symptomatic abnormality, e.g.
brisk reflexes without other symptoms.
• Symptoms of psychological or psychiatric origin.