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June 1, 1959Annals of Internal Medicine

The Postmitral Commissurotomy Syndrome: A Four-Year Clinical, Pathologic and Serologic Study, and Its Relation to Restenosis

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Population

Patients after mitral valve surgery

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

4 years

Authors

PLPhilip LisanHahnemann University HospitalWLWilliam LikoffPhiladelphia University

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Implication

Clinicians should consider this syndrome in post-mitral surgery fever; leaves open its link to rheumatic reactivation pending confirmation.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Patients after mitral valve surgery
I
Intervention
Mitral commissurotomy
O
Outcome
Postmitral commissurotomy syndrome and its relation to restenosis

The study describes the clinical features of postmitral commissurotomy syndrome, suggesting it may represent a reactivation of the rheumatic state following mitral valve surgery.

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Lisan et al. (1959) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a90328e52891e57888a41c2https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-6-1352

Topics

Valvular heart disease
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Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Reactivation of Rheumatic Fever Following Mitral Commissurotomy1953 · 142 citations
  2. 2RECURRENT MITRAL STENOSIS1957 · 28 citations
  3. 3The Significance of Aschoff Bodies in the Left Atrial Appendage1953 · 29 citations
  4. 4Rheumatic "Activity" as Judged by the Presence of Aschoff Bodies in Auricular Appendages of Patients with Mitral Stenosis1953 · 51 citations
  5. 5Relation of the Postcommissurotomy Syndrome to the Rheumatic State1957 · 23 citations