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Closed Mitral Commissurotomy Utilizing Right Thoracotomy Approach

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Viet Duc Hospital Hanoi, Vietnam

For reprint information contact: A Thomas Pezzella, MD Tel: 1 508 798 6318 Fax: 1 508 798 1621 email: thomas.pezzella{at}banyan.ummed.edu Division Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital, 25 Winthrop Street, Worcester, MA 01604, USA.

Right thoracotomy provides an alternative approach for commissurotomy in selected cases of mitral valve disease. From 1970 through 1985, over 300 patients underwent closed mitral commissurotomy by this approach, with satisfactory early results.

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