Initial mitral comisurotomy in Cuba. Brief historical review

Introduction: the mitral comisurotomy was the first surgical procedure to solve the stenosis of this valve whose cause cuasi exclusively is the rheumatic fever. The surgical variations in the time have been the digital valvulotomy, the mitral comisurotomy, later surge the plastia with percutaneous b...

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Main Authors: Bárbaro Agustín Armas Pérez, Miguel García Emilio Rodríguez, Leandro Segura Pujals, Miguel García Basulto
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: ECIMED 2016-07-01
Series:Revista Cubana de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular
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Online Access:http://www.revcardiologia.sld.cu/index.php/revcardiologia/article/view/587