Echocardiographic studies of the mitral valve were performed in 57 patients with pure or
predominant mitral stenosis who subsequently underwent surgery (30 commissurotomy, 27 …

Among 164 patients who underwent mitral valve replacement because of mitral stenosis
(with or without mitral regurgitation) and had radiographs taken of their operatively excised …

Closed mitral commissurotomy (CMC) was performed at the National Heart Institute in 303
patients (73% women, 27% men; mean age 40 years) with acquired isolated mitral stenosis …

January 1972 to December 1984, 347 consecutive patients underwent open mitral
commissurotomy for mitral stenosis. Commissurotomy was performed in 86% of 404 patients …

We have performed 256 mitral commissurotomies from F eb. 2, 1949, to April 30, 1952. Fifty-
three of these have been performed since Jan. 1, 1952, and except for mortality data are not …

The adequacy of closed mitral commissurotomy was evaluated in 33 patients studied by
means of transseptal left heart catheterization before and after operation. Although there …

Familiarity with replacement of the mitral valve (MVR) with prosthetic and tissue valves has
dimmed awareness of the usefulness of open mitral commissurotomy (OMC). This is a …

Wrı INcnEAsNo: use of a direct vision approach to valvar repair or replacement, some
surgeons have expressed the view that closed mitral commissurotomy should be …

The selection of patients for mitral commissurotomy must be made after considering all
manifestations of the rheumatic state. A conservative approach is urged and no patients …

We examined the long-term effects of closed instrumental mitral commissurotomy on mitral
valve area (MVA) in 18 patients, followed for as long as 14 years after successful operation …