Why the study?
What is the incidence of reactivation of rheumatic fever following mitral commissurotomy in patients with mitral stenosis?
Population
100 consecutive patients who received surgery for mitral stenosis
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May warrant vigilance for rheumatic fever reactivation after mitral commissurotomy; leaves open true incidence and need for prospective validation.
What is the incidence of reactivation of rheumatic fever following mitral commissurotomy in patients with mitral stenosis?
Reactivation of rheumatic fever is a potential complication following mitral commissurotomy, occurring in 4% of patients in this series, despite normal preoperative blood studies.
Egbert H. Fell (1955) studied this question.
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