Closed mitral commissurotomy—a cheap reproducible and successful way to treat mitral stenosis

摘要

In the August issue of the Journal, Xu ( ), from China, discuss the case of a patient who had a successful reoperation for restenosis of the mitral valve performed 30 years after closed mitral commissurotomy (CMC). The specific aspects of this case were most appropriately commented by several experienced surgeons from different parts of the world. I was now invited by the Editor of this Journal to write a Comment on this paper and its subject.