Aortic Regurgitation

Aortic regurgitation causes blood to leak backward from the aorta into the left ventricle during diastole.

In this episode, Chris and Mars review:

• Chronic versus acute aortic regurgitation
• Volume overload and eccentric hypertrophy
• The classic decrescendo diastolic murmur
• Wide pulse pressure and water-hammer pulses
• Austin Flint murmur
• Echocardiographic diagnosis
• When severe chronic AR requires surgery
• Aortic dissection and infective endocarditis as causes of acute AR
• Why acute severe AR can rapidly cause pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock

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