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Stenosis vs Valvulotomy - What's the difference?

stenosis | valvulotomy |

As nouns the difference between stenosis and valvulotomy

is that stenosis is an abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ while valvulotomy is a valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart.

stenosis

English

(wikipedia stenosis)

Noun

(stenoses)
  • (medicine) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.

    • valvulotomy

    English

    Noun

    (valvulotomies)
  • A valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart
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    • , passage=A few days after Bailey's success, on June 16, in Boston, Dr. Dwight Harken successfully performed his first valvulotomy for mitral stenosis.}}