Why the study?
Does valvulotomy improve pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with mitral stenosis and severe pulmonary vascular changes?
Population
50 patients with mitral stenosis, incapacitated by dyspnea on slight exertion or in jeopardy from bouts of…
Comparison
Valvulotomy vs Preoperative state
Design
Cohort
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Whether severe pulmonary vascular changes in mitral stenosis reverse after valvulotomy remains uncertain; hypothesis-generating biopsy correlations require prospective validation.
Does valvulotomy improve pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with mitral stenosis and severe pulmonary vascular changes?
This study investigates whether severe pulmonary vascular changes in mitral stenosis are truly irreversible by correlating pre- and post-valvulotomy hemodynamics with lung biopsy histology.
Goodale et al. (1955) studied this question.
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