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(Chest. 1957;32:665-670.)
© 1957 American College of Chest Physicians

The Role of "Positive" Auricular Biopsy in Mitral Stenosis

DALI J. PATEL M.D.1 and HANS H. HECHT M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 The Department of Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine.

Aschoff lesions were found in 58 per cent of auricular biopsies obtained at surgery from 81 patients. Out of 44 patients studied carefully, 38 had predominant mitral stenosis; of these 38, 18 had a positive auricular biopsy. Following surgery 50 per cent of these 18 showed objective changes in addition to subjective and clinical improvement. It is suggested that the presence of Aschoff lesions in auricular biopsy does not significantly alter the surgical outcome.






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