mitral commissurotomy


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commissurotomy

 [kom″ĭ-sher-ot´ah-me]
surgical incision or digital disruption of the components of a commissure to increase the size of the opening.
mitral commissurotomy the breaking apart of the adherent leaflets (commissure) of the mitral valve, a formerly common treatment for mitral stenosis.

mi·tral com·mis·sur·ot·o·my

opening the narrowed mitral orifice for the relief of mitral stenosis.

mitral commissurotomy

Etymology: L, mitra, turban, commissura, joining together; Gk, temnein, to cut
a closed-heart surgical procedure in which the mitral valve is divided at the junction of its cusps for the treatment of mitral valve stenosis.
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Mitral commissurotomy

mi·tral com·mis·su·rot·o·my

(mī'trăl kom'i-shur-ot'ŏ-mē)
A surgical procedure (open or closed) to repair the mitral valve, usually required as a result of valvular disease such as mitral stenosis.
Synonym(s): mitral valvulotomy.
[L. mitra, turban, + commissura, a joining together, + G. tomē, incision]

commissurotomy

surgical incision or digital disruption of the components of a commissure to increase the size of the orifice.
mitral commissurotomy
the breaking apart of the adherent leaves (commissure) of the mitral valve.
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Our objective was to determine eregression of right ventricular pressure after successful percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) in patients with severe isolated mitral stenosis.
Regression of right ventricular systolic pressure after successful percutaneous mitral commissurotomy in patients with isolated severe mitral stenosis
The good immediate and mid-term results obtained by percutaneous mitral commissurotomy in these patients in preliminary series suggest that the procedure may well postpone re-operation in selected patients providing the anatomy is suitable16.
OUTCOME OF PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY ON MITRAL VALVE AREA, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND DYSPNEA CLASS
Specifics of technique in percutaneous mitral commissurotomy in a case of dextrocardia and situs inversus with mitral stenosis.
Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in a case of situs inversus, dextrocardia and rheumatic mitral stenosis
Evaluation of left ventricular posterior wall movement after open mitral commissurotomy by echocardiogram: with reference to the effect of papilloplasty.
Mitral stenosis-beyond valvular disease/Mitral stenosis-kapak hastaligi otesinde
Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) has been approved as a standard treatment in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis with suitable valve score.
Failed percutaneous mitral commisurotomy due to congenital anomaly of inferior vena cava
Multicenter experience with balloon mitral commissurotomy.
Resultados clinicos y ecocardiograficos a largo plazo de pacientes sometidos a valvuloplastia mitral percutanea
However, when present in the LA, thrombus, but not SEC, is a contraindication for percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) and closed mitral commissurotomy (CMC).
Spontaneous echo contrast masking thrombus in giant left atrium of mitral stenosis-a dilemma in clinical diagnosis
Complications and mortality of percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy.
EMERGENCY SURGERY AFTER FAILED PERCUTANEOUS TRANSMITRAL COMMISSUROTOMY (PTMC) AT ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY (AFIC)
Indications, complications, and short-term clinical outcome of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy.
Acute and long-term follow-up results of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty: a single-center study/Perkutan mitral balon valvuloplastinin akut ve uzun donem takip sonuclari: tek merkez calismasi
Functional results 5 years after successful percutaneous mitral commissurotomy in a series of 528 patients and analysis of predictive factors.
Percutancous mitral valvuloplasty: the debate is there/Perkutan mitral valvuloplasti: burada tartisma var
Fifteen years earlier, the patient had been performed closed mitral commissurotomy.
Ball thrombus in ligated left atrial appendage/Baglanmis sol atriyal apendiks icinde top trombus
In order to clarify mechanisms of restenosis following percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy, Tsuji et al.
Analysis of restenosis following closed mural valvotomy; healing of wounds/Kapali mitral valvotomi sonrasi restenoz analizi, yara iyilesmesi

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