Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
mitral valvuloplasty
Definitions related to mitral valvuloplasty:
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(mitral valve repair) Surgery performed for the purpose of repairing stenosis or regurgitation of the mitral valve.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Historically, surgical commissurotomy was the standard treatment for relief of mitral stenosis. The first single-balloon valvuloplasty of the mitral valve was described by Inoue et al in 1984.WebMD, 2019
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