Closed digital commissurotomy for mitral stenosis in Northern Nigeria

Despite the absence of sophisticated thoracic surgical facilities, valuable relief was provided to young patients with progressive symptoms of rheumatic mitral stenosis in Zaria (Nigeria) whose response to the medical regime had been unsatisfactory. Using digital trans-atrial commissurotomy, which i...

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Published inTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 588 - 590
Main Authors Mabogunje, O.A., Adesanya, C.O., Lawrie, J.H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 1981
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Electrocardiography
Female
Humans
Male
Methods
Mitral Valve - physiopathology
Mitral Valve - surgery
Mitral Valve Stenosis - physiopathology
Mitral Valve Stenosis - surgery
Nigeria
Rheumatic Heart Disease - surgery
Nigeria
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Summary:Despite the absence of sophisticated thoracic surgical facilities, valuable relief was provided to young patients with progressive symptoms of rheumatic mitral stenosis in Zaria (Nigeria) whose response to the medical regime had been unsatisfactory. Using digital trans-atrial commissurotomy, which is technically straightforward and involves little blood loss and no elaborate surgical equipment 18 patients with a lone mitral stenosis were symptomatically improved but three with mixed mitral stenosis and regurgitation died. There is urgent need to reduce the prevalence of rheumatic fever in this and other parts of the tropics.
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Correspondence: O. A. Mabogunje, MD., A.B.U. Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria.
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ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/0035-9203(81)90212-1