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===Etiology===
===Etiology===
Acute aortic insufficiency in elderly is due to either [[aortic dissection]] or [[infective endocarditis]] .
Acute aortic insufficiency in elderly is due to either [[aortic dissection]] or [[infective endocarditis]] .
Chronic aortic insufficiency is due to [[hypertension]] or calcific [[aortic stenosis]] or [[bicuspid aortic valve]] causing ascending aorta dilatation with resultant aortic insufficiency.
Chronic aortic insufficiency is due to [[hypertension]] or calcific [[aortic stenosis]] or a [[bicuspid aortic valve]] causing ascending aorta dilatation with resultant aortic insufficiency.


===Treatment===
===Treatment===

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Incidence

The incidence of aortic insufficiency in the elderly is low in comparison to the incidence of aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation[1]. Majority of elderly patients have combined aortic stenosis and aortic insufficiency and the incidence of pure aortic insufficiency is rare[2].

Etiology

Acute aortic insufficiency in elderly is due to either aortic dissection or infective endocarditis . Chronic aortic insufficiency is due to hypertension or calcific aortic stenosis or a bicuspid aortic valve causing ascending aorta dilatation with resultant aortic insufficiency.

Treatment

The goal of surgery is to improve quality of life, hence presence of symptoms is the most important guide to determining whether or not aortic valve repair be performed. However, asymptomatic chronic aortic insufficiency with evidence of marked left ventricular dilatation or left ventricular dysfunction is often recommended prophylactic aortic valve repair[3]

References

  1. Singh JP, Evans JC, Levy D, Larson MG, Freed LA, Fuller DL, Lehman B, Benjamin EJ (1999). "Prevalence and clinical determinants of mitral, tricuspid, and aortic regurgitation (the Framingham Heart Study)". The American Journal of Cardiology. 83 (6): 897–902. PMID 10190406. Retrieved 2011-03-28. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Akins CW, Daggett WM, Vlahakes GJ, Hilgenberg AD, Torchiana DF, Madsen JC, Buckley MJ (1997). "Cardiac operations in patients 80 years old and older". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 64 (3): 606–14, discussion 614–5. PMID 9307446. Retrieved 2011-04-07. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Chatterjee K, de Leon AC, Faxon DP, Freed MD, Gaasch WH, Lytle BW, Nishimura RA, O'Gara PT, O'Rourke RA, Otto CM, Shah PM, Shanewise JS (2008). "2008 Focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease): endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons". Circulation. 118 (15): e523–661. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.190748. PMID 18820172. Retrieved 2011-03-28. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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