Atretic aortic valvular cusp causing severe aortic regurgitation

Isolated Myxomatous Flail Aortic Valve Causing Severe Aortic Regurgitation.

A 60 years old lady presented to our institute with complains of progressive dyspnea on exertion, increasing from New York Heart Association functional class II to class III over last 2-3 months. She did not have any history of fever, chest pain, palpitations, presyncope or syncope. On examination, her pulse rate was 90 per minute regular and the blood pressure was 130/60 mm Hg. Rest of the gen...

A Rare Case of Severe Aortic Regurgitation with Silent Ascending Aortic Dissection

Classically, ascending aortic dissection (AD) presents as sudden, severe chest pain that is tearing type and radiates to the back. Herein, we present a rare case of severe aortic regurgitation with silent ascending AD, which had no chest pain symptoms. The aortic valve apparatus probably masked this AD; therefore, it was not detected by echocardiography and during the surgery.

Valvular heart disease: aortic regurgitation.

Aortic regurgitation (AR) is characterized by diastolic reflux of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle (LV). Acute AR typically causes severe pulmonary edema and hypotension and is a surgical emergency. Chronic severe AR causes combined LV volume and pressure overload. It is accompanied by systolic hypertension and wide pulse pressure, which account for peripheral physical findings, suc...

Aortic Dissection With Severe Aortic Regurgitation.

A 40-year-old woman had left meningioma with right-sided weakness after tumor resection 3 months previously. She had no history of hypertension. At this time, she was admitted for recurrent tumor and received local radiotherapy. After admission, her blood pressure was in the normal range. During her hospitalization, sudden-onset severe chest pain with cold sweating was noted. An ECG revealed ST...

severe isolated rheumatic aortic valve regurgitation