Surgical treatment of mitral stenosis.

Schoevaerdts, Jean-Claude;Jaumin, P.;Kremer, René;Ponlot, Robert;Chalant, Charles
(1981) The Journal of cardiovascular surgery — Vol. 22, n° 2, p. 109-112 (1981)

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  • Schoevaerdts, Jean-ClaudeUCLouvain
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  • Jaumin, P.
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  • Kremer, RenéUCLouvain
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  • Ponlot, RobertUCLouvain
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  • Chalant, CharlesUCLouvain
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Abstract
Analysis of 239 patients who underwent a commissurotomy for mitral stenosis (196 closed technique, 43 open technique). Total operative mortality was 2%. Long term follow-up is illustrated by an actuarial survival curve and long-term functional results are studied up to 15 years after operations. It allows the authors to consider commissurotomy alone as a good palliative procedure with good functional results in the majority of cases. However, in view of the collected data, they now elect to restudy all the patients 6 years after the primary correction and to perform a heart catheterization to consider appropriate reoperation in some cases.
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Schoevaerdts, J.-C., Jaumin, P., Kremer, R., Ponlot, R., & Chalant, C. (1981). Surgical treatment of mitral stenosis. The Journal of cardiovascular surgery, 22(2), 109-112. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/72048 (Original work published 1981)