THE COURSE OF MITRAL STENOSIS WITHOUT SURGERY: TEN- AND TWENTY-YEAR PERSPECTIVES

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Article1 April 1960THE COURSE OF MITRAL STENOSIS WITHOUT SURGERY: TEN- AND TWENTY-YEAR PERSPECTIVESJOHN C. ROWE, M.D., EDWARD F. BLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD B. SPRAGUE, M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., M.A.C.P.JOHN C. ROWE, M.D., EDWARD F. BLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD B. SPRAGUE, M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., M.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-4-741 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA decade has elapsed since the introduction of a successful operation for mitral stenosis, and survival curves for this 10-year period are now available. Surprisingly little factual information is at hand, however, as to the comparable course in the presurgical era of those patients treated medically. To supplement the existing data in this respect, and to establish a helpful base line for future reference, we are reporting herewith 10- and 20-year perspectives on the course of mitral stenosis in patients studied in the cardiac clinics and private practice of the three senior authors at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the...Bibliography1. BlandJones EFTD: Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. A twenty year report on 1000 patients followed since childhood, Circulation 4: 836 (Dec.) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Grant RT: After-histories for ten years of a thousand men suffering from heart disease, Heart 6: 275-483 (June) 1933. Google Scholar3. Olesen KH: Mitral stenosis, a follow-up of 351 patients, 1955, Ejnar Munksgaard, Copenhagen. Google Scholar4. EllisAbelmanHarken LBWHDE: Selection of patients for mitral and aortic valvuloplasty, Circulation 15: 924, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 1, 1959.Presented at the Third World Congress of Cardiology, September, 1958, Brussels.From the Massachusetts General Hospital and the House of the Good Samaritan, Boston, Massachusetts.†Trainee of the National Heart Institute.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Edward F. Bland, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 14, Massachusetts. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNovel Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Moderate to Severe Mitral Stenosis: A Systematic ReviewIntervention for Asymptomatic Valvular Heart Disease: Analysis of Recent Data and Implications for the Perioperative EchocardiographerErworbene und angeborene Herzvitien – BegutachtungHeart–Brain Relationship in Stroke2020 Clinical guidelines for Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter2020 ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive SummaryMedical Management of Rheumatic Heart DiseaseA randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban in patients with bioprosthetic mitral valve and atrial fibrillation or flutter: Rationale and design of the RIVER trialIndonesian registry on atrial fibrillation (OneAF)Atrial Fibrillation in Rheumatic Heart DiseaseRight Atrial Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: A Narrative ReviewRheumatic Mitral Stenosis: Long-Term Follow-Up of Adult Patients with Nonsevere Initial DiseaseManagement of rheumatic mitral stenosisRheumatic Mitral Valve Stenosis: Diagnosis and Treatment OptionsValvular Heart DiseaseAnticoagulation Drug Trials for Stroke Prevention in Atrial FibrillationRheumatic heart disease in the modern era: recent developments and current challengesRegulation of cardiac calcium by mechanotransduction: Role of mitochondriaMitral leaflet separation index. An easy two dimensional echocardiography technique for assessment of mitral valve area before and after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplastyEndovascular Therapy for Rheumatic Mitral and Aortic Valve Disease: Review Article2018 KHRS Guidelines for Stroke Prevention Therapy in Korean Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial FibrillationMitral StenosisMitral Stenosis: A ReviewAssociation of lymphocyte-monocyte ratio and monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein ratio with the presence and severity of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS201