Key result
Historical surgical commissurotomy for acquired valvular heart disease frequently leads to restenosis or incompetence.
Why the study?
Surgical therapy of acquired valvular heart disease was limited by the diseased valve state, with inadequate outcomes from existing procedures like commissurotomy.
Design
Review
Authors
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Historical limitations of commissurotomy inform modern prosthesis selection; leaves open durability comparisons in contemporary registries.
Arthur C. Beall (1965) conducted a review in Acquired valvular heart disease. Ball-Valve Prostheses was evaluated. Surgical therapy for acquired valvular heart disease was historically limited by the state of the diseased valve, with commissurotomy often followed by restenosis or incompetence.
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