This episode discusses things to consider beyond the severity when assessing aortic regurgitation using echocardiography. It includes references to ASE, EACVI, ESC and ACC guidelines.

An echo education podcast.


References referred to in the episode:
1.      Lancellotti, P. et al. Recommendations for the echocardiographic assessment of native valvular regurgitation: an executive summary from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 2013; 14(7):–644, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jet105

2.      Zoghbi et al. Recommendations for the Noninvasive Evaluation of Native Valvular Regurgitation. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2017; 30(4):303-371. https://www.onlinejase.com/article/S0894-7317(17)30007-X/fulltext

3.       Vahanian, A. et al. 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease: developed by the task force for the management of valvular heart disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). European Heart Journal. 2021 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab395

4.       Otto, C. et al. 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American college of cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2021; 143:e72-e227. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000923