Population
Patients who underwent mitral valvulotomy for rheumatic mitral stenosis
Design
Review
Follow-up
up to 2 years
Authors
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May warrant post-valvulotomy surveillance in rheumatic mitral disease; leaves open true incidence and predictors.
Early reports indicate that rheumatic restenosis of the mitral valve can occur after mitral valvulotomy, though it was initially documented in very few cases.
Victor A. McKusick (1955) studied this question.
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