What Is the Term for Surgical Division of a Fibrous

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Multiple Choice

What is the term for surgical division of a fibrous band or ring connecting corresponding body parts, used to separate the thickened adherent leaves of a stenosed mitral valve?

• A) commissurotomy
• B) arteriotomy
• C) septoplasty
• D) BBB

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Definitions:

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