[Causes of recurrences of mitral stenosis].
The authors present an analysis of the late results of closed mitral commissurotomy in 364 patients (maximum terms of observation--17 years). Main causes of recurrent mitral stenosis were recognized: activation of a rheumatic process (50%), nonspecific scarring processes (27%), inadequate commissurotomies (11.1%) and others (11.1%). The routine antirheumatic therapy (bicillin+salicylates) was found to be ineffective in prophylaxis against mitral restenoses. Recurrent mitral stenosis proved to occur more frequently in patients operated upon in young age (under 30).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence
Prichiny mitral'nykh restenozov