THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF MITRAL STENOSIS
Authors: E. COWLES ANDRUS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Editorial1 August 1951THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF MITRAL STENOSISE. COWLES ANDRUSE. COWLES ANDRUSAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-2-476 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMore than 50 years ago Samways1anticipated that "with the progress of cardiac surgery some of the severest cases of mitral stenosis will be relieved by slightly notching the mitral orifice." A few years later Lauder Brunton2conducted some investigations on appropriate technics and suggested that relief might be obtained by surgical division of the diseased valve. This excited a storm of letters pro and con, and theLancet3published an editorial strongly critical of Lauder Brunton in which were raised all the theoretical disadvantages which are repeated today. 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