LIFE EXPECTATION OF PATIENTS WITH MITRAL STENOSIS WITH AND WITHOUT OPERATION

Abstract

Many recent publications have dealt with the physiopathology and hmodynamics of mitral stenosis, the diagnosis of mitral regurgitation, and the surgical treatment of the mitral stenosis. Only a few workers-Vedoya et al. (1954), This problem is, however, of interest especially if it is possible to compare the life expectation of these patients with that of the patients who have had operations.