TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of Chronic Aortic Regurgitation
AU - Bonow, Robert O.
PY - 1994/9/15
Y1 - 1994/9/15
N2 - Major advances in the recognition, evaluation, and surgical treatment of valvular heart disease during the past two decades have yielded striking improvements in quality of life and long-term survival for patients with this disorder. These advances are exemplified by the transformation of the treatment of patients with chronic aortic regurgitation, once considered an enigmatic and insidious disease. Patients with aortic regurgitation often remain asymptomatic for many years, even decades, despite severe left ventricular volume overload. By the time symptoms of angina or dyspnea occur, however, many have irreversible left ventricular dysfunction. Hence, if the onset of symptoms is used as…
AB - Major advances in the recognition, evaluation, and surgical treatment of valvular heart disease during the past two decades have yielded striking improvements in quality of life and long-term survival for patients with this disorder. These advances are exemplified by the transformation of the treatment of patients with chronic aortic regurgitation, once considered an enigmatic and insidious disease. Patients with aortic regurgitation often remain asymptomatic for many years, even decades, despite severe left ventricular volume overload. By the time symptoms of angina or dyspnea occur, however, many have irreversible left ventricular dysfunction. Hence, if the onset of symptoms is used as…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199409153311109
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199409153311109
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 8058081
AN - SCOPUS:0028101237
VL - 331
SP - 736
EP - 737
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 11
ER -