Why the study?
Does careful clinical evaluation permit correct diagnosis of associated mitral insufficiency in patients with mitral stenosis?
Does careful clinical evaluation permit correct diagnosis of associated mitral insufficiency in patients with mitral stenosis?
History and auscultation remain highly valuable clinical tools for diagnosing associated mitral insufficiency in patients with mitral stenosis.
May support clinical diagnosis of mitral insufficiency in stenosis; case-report data leave prospective validation open.
A review of 200 consecutive operated cases of pure mitral stenosis and 47 consecutive operated cases of mitral stenosis with an associated mitral insufficiency indicates that careful evaluation of the history, auscultatory findings, electrocardiogram and fluoroscopy permits a correct diagnosis of associated insufficiency in a majority of instances. History and auscultation remain the internists' most valuable tools despite a large array of as yet incompletely evaluated mechanical measures.
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JANTON et al. (1954) studied this question.