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 BhattacharyyaPublished 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.
Keyphrases
- liver failure
- aortic dissection
- drug induced
- respiratory failure
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- early onset
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- pulmonary hypertension
- mitral valve
- pulmonary artery
- heart failure
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- mechanical ventilation
- intensive care unit
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- percutaneous coronary intervention