Improved results of closed commissurotomy for mitral stenosis using ultracardiography as selective ground.
The outcome was analysed in 122 of 124 patients with mitral stenosis subjected to closed commissurotomy 1967-1977. The follow-up time was 1-11 years. Postoperative improvement was seen in 79% of the patients, but after about 5 years, 15% of them had started to decline. A mitral prosthesis has been inserted in 13 patients reoperated so far.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*