Studies of the Mitral Valve
- 1 September 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 14 (3) , 398-406
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.14.3.398
Abstract
Knowledge of the structural changes in the commissures, cusps, and chordae tendineae is important to the understanding of the pathologic physiology of mitral stenosis and its surgical correction. Study of 70 hearts with mitral stenosis disclosed that a frequent cause of the obstruction was commissural fusion or shortening of the chordae tendineae or both. In a small percentage of hearts, mitral stenosis appeared to result principally from rigidity of the valvular leaflets. Measurements of the various components of the mitral valve in normal hearts have been given in a previous paper. In this communication, comparable measurements for these structures in 50 hearts with mitral stenosis are presented.Keywords
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- THE SURGERY OF MITRAL STENOSISAnnals of Surgery, 1951