Language
English
Publication Date
5-1-2023
Journal
The Texas Heart Institute Journal
DOI
10.14503/THIJ-22-8007
PMID
37196250
PMCID
PMC10353269
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
5-15-2023
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-Print
Abstract
The year 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the first successful valvotomy for mitral valve stenosis by Elliott C. Cutler in 1923. Closed-chest mitral valve commissurotomy developed further before being replaced by an open procedure after the advent of the heart-lung machine. Currently, because of the almost complete disappearance of rheumatic disease in the Western World, mitral commissurotomies are infrequently performed in those countries, although the procedure-either closed or open-is still performed in developing countries and select patients. This review retraces the 100-year journey from a historic operation to the current era-a milestone in the treatment of patients with mitral stenosis.
Keywords
Humans, Mitral Valve, Mitral Valve Stenosis, Recurrence, Follow-Up Studies
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Bortolotti, Uberto; Vendramin, Igor; Milano, Aldo Domenico; et al., "Closed Mitral Valvotomy: Celebrating 100 Years of Surgical History" (2023). The Texas Heart Institute Journal. 136.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/texasheartinstituejournal/136