Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
mitral valvuloplasty
Definitions related to mitral valvuloplasty:
  • (mitral valve repair) Surgery performed for the purpose of repairing stenosis or regurgitation of the mitral valve.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • 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.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2025
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