Valvulotomy for Mitral Stenosis
Valvulotomy for Mitral Stenosis
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二尖瓣狭窄的瓣膜切开术
作者:
C. Baker;R. Brock;M. Campbell
It is now a quarter of a century since a number of attempts were made to relieve mitral stenosis by operation. The most sustained efforts to solve this problem by direct attack on the valves were made by Cutler and his associates (Cutler and Beck, 1929). Their first patient survived four years and was thought to have been improved; six others died soon after operation, as also did single cases reported by Allen and Graham (1922) and by Pribram (1926). Souttar (1925) alone has published a further success in an important paper from this country. These early efforts were succeeded by a long period of inaction, and many thought that direct surgery of the valves of the heart was too dangerous to be practicable. The need for reconsidering this has become increasingly clear during recent years, because great advances in thoracic surgery and anaesthesia and in the aftercare of the patient have entirely changed the prospects of success. That successful operations for the direct relief of valvular stenosis