title: [Results of surgery for mitral valve stenosis].
abstract: Long-term follow-up of 1806 patients si subjected to mitral commisurotomy and 122 fitted with a prosthesis for stenosis is described. Of those operated by means of the closed technique, 70% were in functional stage I or II after 10 yr (55% after 15 yr). It would seem from these results that surgery has an important effect on the natural history of mitral stenosis when treated solely medically.
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008722:Methods; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Risultati della chirurgia della stenosi mitralica