Biphasic isolated systolic aortic regurgitation

severe isolated rheumatic aortic valve regurgitation

Left ventricular assist device-related systolic aortic regurgitation.

A 39-year-old woman underwent transesophageal echocardiography during heart transplantation after 2.5 years of support with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (cf-LVAD). The patient was admitted to the hospital when a donor heart became available, and did not present with any symptoms or signs of heart failure on cf-LVAD support. Color-flow imaging demonstrated pronounced systolic...

Accentuating systolic aortic regurgitation during premature ventricular systole

A 47-year old male patient with chest pain during deep inspiration was admitted to our hospital. He had no dyspnea or history of heart disease. His blood pressure was 90/60 mm Hg, and he had infrequent extra beats during examination. The patient was unaware regarding these beats, and his physical examination was otherwise normal. Electrocardiography showed a sinus rhythm with ventricular premat...

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...

Chronic Aortic Regurgitation and Normal Left Ventricular Systolic Function

Background. Many asymptomatic patients with aortic regurgitation and normal left ventricular systolic function remain clinically stable for many years, but others ultimately develop symptoms or left ventricular dysfunction and require operation. To identify indexes of left ventricular function predictive of symptomatic and functional deterioration during the long-term course of asymptomatic pat...