Early Left Ventricular Long Axis Contraction Dysfunction As Predictor Of Symptoms In Asymptomatic Patients With Chronic Aortic Regurgitation

Raimonda Verseckaitė, Jūratė Petrauskaitė, Jūratė Drazdauskaitė, Jolanta Laukaitienė, Vaida Mizarienė, Renaldas Jurkevičius Abstract Background. Chronic severe aortic regurgitation (AR) imposes significant volume and pressure overload on the left ventricle (LV), in compensatory but eventually detrimental structure changes in the myocardium. The development of LV systolic dysfunction precedes symptoms onset in more than one-fourth of patients…