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Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of decompensation in acute severe aortic regurgitation due to infective endocarditis.

Athina ChasapiKamatamu A MbonyeOmotomilola BajomoWilliam J YoungChristopher PrimusShirish AmbekarKit WongRakesh UppalLewis Ceri DaviesMohammed Y KhanjiSimon WoldmanGuy LloydSanjeev Bhattacharyya
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)
Decompensation in acute severe AR is common. Independent predictors of decompensation are increasing HR(≥94 bpm) and the presence of DMR. Those with these adverse markers should be considered for emergent surgery.
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