Population
70 hearts with mitral stenosis
Design
Other
Authors
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May refine mitral stenosis evaluation toward commissural and subvalvular assessment; extends anatomic observations but leaves open contemporary applicability.
This anatomical study identifies commissural fusion and chordal shortening as the primary structural causes of obstruction in mitral stenosis.
Rusted et al. (1956) studied this question.
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