Echocardiographic assessment of aortic regurgitation: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography by Kelly Victor, Liam Ring, Vasiliki Tsampasian, David Oxborough, Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, Rebecca T. Hahn

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Myxomatous degeneration of aortic valve causing severe aortic regurgitation. A rare case report by Rakesh Kumar Kodakkandla, Venkata Sreedatta Sarraju, Nagesh Ayalasomayajula

“…Here we present a case report of a 37-year-old man who came with shortness of breath for the past three months and was diagnosed with severe aortic regurgitation due to myxomatous aortic valve causing rupture of the non-coronary and right coronary cusp. …”
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Unruptured Aneurysm of Sinus of Valsalva Coexisting with the Large Ventricular Septal Defect and Severe Aortic Regurgitation in a Young Man by Pouya Nezafati, Mohammad Hassan Nezafati, Hamid Hoseinikhah

“…Unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a rare congenital anomaly, particularly, when it coexists with a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and aortic regurgitation due to the prolapse of the elongated aortic cusp into the VSD. …”
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Broviac Catheter–Related Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated With Massive Aortic Regurgitation Requiring Emergency Surgery: A Case Report by Małgorzata Wilawer, Waldemar Elikowski, Natalia Fertała, Arkadiusz Włodarski, Patryk Szczęśniewski, Paulina Anna Ratajska, Paweł Bugajski

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Case Report: Rare cardiovascular characteristics of tuberous sclerosis complex with novel TSC2 variant by Zhiqin Du, Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma, Jianhua Li, Fang Yang, Yangfan Guo, Yangfan Guo

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Isolated Perforation of Left Coronary Cusp after Blunt Chest Trauma by Rohit Maini, Razvan T. Dadu, Daniel Addison, Luke Cunningham, Ihab Hamzeh, Matthew Wall, Nasser Lakkis, Rashed Tabbaa

“…Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) showed moderate to severe aortic regurgitation with prolapsing right coronary cusp. …”
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Balloon Valvuloplasty for Congenital Aortic Stenosis: Experience at a Tertiary Center in a Developing Country by Fatme A. Charafeddine, Haytham Bou Houssein, Nadine B. Kibbi, Issam M. El-Rassi, Anas M. Tabbakh, Mohammad S. Abutaqa, Ziad F. Bulbul, Nour K. Younis, Mariam T. Arabi, Fadi F. Bitar

“…Immediately following the valvuloplasty, a more than mild aortic regurgitation was noted only in two patients (7%). …”
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Propensity score matching analysis of valve-sparing versus aortic root replacement in type A aortic dissection patients by Ling Chen, Yichao Pan, Huaijian Zhang, Yi Chen, Chunsheng Wang, Zhihuang Qiu, Heng Lu, Liangwan Chen

“…Multivariable analysis is identifying advanced age, high Body Mass Index (BMI), Marfan syndrome, severe aortic regurgitation, bicuspid aortic valve, increased aortic root diameter, and reduced aortic cross-clamp time (ACC) as significant factors associated with ARR. …”
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Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Visualized by Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography by Eser Acar, Tayfun Sahin, Irem Yılmaz, Umut Celikyurt

“…Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital anomaly that may cause aortic regurgitation. A 77-year-old male patient was referred to our clinic with complaints of stable angina pectoris. …”
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Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Early Identification of Acute Aortic Root Dissection by Kristina Thomas, Omar Amr

“…On repeat POCUS, a dissection intimal flap, large pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology, and aortic regurgitation were identified and later confirmed on transesophageal echocardiogram. …”
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Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta after aortic valve replacement by Osvaldo Valdés Dupeyrón, Geraldo Céspedes Arias, Boris Mederos Osorio, Pedro Pupo Suárez

“…A case of a 40 year old female, white skin color, that due to severe aortic regurgitation underwent surgical treatment for aortic valve replacement. …”
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Acute haemodynamic impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis by Francesca Graziani, Pio Cialdella, Rosa Lillo, Gabriella Locorotondo, Lorenzo Genuardi, Gessica Ingrasciotta, Stefano Cangemi, Marialisa Nesta, Piergiorgio Bruno, Cristina Aurigemma, Enrico Romagnoli, Michele Calabrese, Nicole Giambusso, Antonella Lombardo, Francesco Burzotta, Carlo Trani

“…Post‐TAVI significant aortic regurgitation at echocardiography was the only independent predictor of mortality (hazard ratio 5.592, confidence interval 1.932–16.184, P = 0.002). …”
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Suspected Transient Ischemic Attack Related to Dysfunctional Quadricuspid Aortic Valve by Arun Katwaroo MBBS, Jessica Kawall MBBS, Priya Ramcharan MBBS, Valmiki Seecheran MBBS, MSc, Rajeev Seecheran MBBS, MHA, Nafeesah Ali MBBS, Shari Khan MBBS, Naveen Anand Seecheran MBBS, MD, MSc

“…We describe a 30-year-old Caribbean-Black woman with a clinical presentation suggestive of a transient ischemic attack (TIA) with no conventional cerebrovascular risk factors, albeit with a newly diagnosed quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) with moderate aortic regurgitation (AR). Although QAV is a recognized congenital cardiac defect, its association with TIA remains elusive. …”
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Metastatic Calcinosis of Aortic Valve Secondary to Renal Failure Mimicking Infective Endocarditis by Noman Ahmed Jang Khan, Masroor A. Khan, Guillermo Juan Morell Chardon

“…Urgent echocardiogram revealed severe aortic regurgitation and large vegetation on the aortic valve. …”
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A De Novo Missense MYLK Variant Leading to Nonsyndromic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection Identified by Segregation Analysis by Daigo Nishijo, Hiroki Yagi, Nana Akiyama, Norifumi Takeda, Masahiko Ando, Haruo Yamauchi, Norihiko Takeda, Issei Komuro

“…We report in this study a 33-year-old Japanese male with TAAD (Stanford type A) that is complicated with severe aortic regurgitation. There was no family history of aortic diseases in the patient nor any specific clinical features suggestive of connective tissue diseases, such as Marfan syndrome. …”
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Cardiac Gated Computed Tomography Used to Confirm Iatrogenic Aortic Valve Leaflet Perforation after Mitral Valve Replacement by Luke Oakley, Kathleen Love, Alfredo Ramirez, Gilbert Boswell, Keshav Nayak

“…In this paper, we describe a young man who reported to our institution after two open cardiac surgeries with new aortic regurgitation found to be due to an iatrogenic perforation of his noncoronary aortic valve cusp. …”
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Failed TAVI in TAVI Implantation: TAVI Dislocation Followed by Ensuing Surgical Graft Resection by Róbert Novotný, Jaroslav Hlubocký, Tomáš Kovárník, Petr Mitáš, Zuzana Hlubocka, Jan Rulíšek, Sevim Ismihan Gulmez, Shubjiwan Kaur Ghotra, Jaroslav Lindner

“…A control ultrasonography after TAVI implantation revealed a severe aortic regurgitation of the graft which was subsequently unresolved with postimplantation dilatation. …”
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Cohort profile: prevalence of valvular heart disease in community patients with suspected heart failure in UK by Rajan Sharma, Anna Marciniak, Keli Glover

“…Of the total number of patients scanned, the prevalence of aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation was 10%, 8.4%, 1%, and 12.5% respectively. 18% had tricuspid regurgitation. 5% had disease involving one or more valves.Conclusions Of patients with suspected heart failure in the primary care setting, a significant proportion have important valvular heart disease. …”
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Timing for Pacing after Acquired Conduction Disease in the Setting of Endocarditis by Daniel Brancheau, George Degheim, Christian Machado

“…For better visualization, a transesophageal echocardiogram was recommended and revealed a bileaflet mechanical aortic valve with perivalvular abscess and valvular vegetation as well as severe eccentric paravalvular aortic regurgitation. After sterilization, the patient underwent a successful surgery. …”
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Heart morphology and function evaluation by transthoracic echocardiography in six captive crested gibbons (Nomascus spp.) by Irène Vonfeld, Anaïs Nowakowski, Brice Lefaux, Benoît Quintard

“…Valvular insufficiencies were detected in two of the six individuals evaluated: one adult female N. siki was diagnosed with a discrete aortic regurgitation and one young male N. leucogenys with a mild mitral valve insufficiency. …”
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