This page contains materials for learning more and staying up to date
with the latest thinking on aortic regurgitation (AR).
Prof. Bernard Iung, leading clinical cardiologist, ESC board member and associate secretary of the French Society of Cardiology, discusses the role of the general cardiologist in the diagnosis of AR, alongside the prevalence of the disease.
Prof. Hans Joachim Schäfers, Director of the Department of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the Saarland University Medical Center in Hamburg, discusses the importance of timely referral of AR patients for surgery.
Prof. Hans Joachim Schäfers, Director of the Department of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the Saarland University Medical Center in Hamburg, discusses the role of the Heart Team in managing AR patients.
Dr. Marta Sitges, Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Hospital Clinic in Barcelona and a world renowned specialist in cardiac imaging, discusses the importance of echocardiography in the management of AR.
Prof. Dr. Herman Reichenspurner, Professor at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at University Hospital, Hamburg Eppendorf, and Medical Director at the University Heart Center, Hamburg, discusses how to catch patients earlier, how to improve surgical outcome and what future developments in the field might bring.
Prof. Bernard Iung, leading clinical cardiologist, ESC board member and associate secretary of the French Society of Cardiology, discusses the role of the general cardiologist in the management of AR, and all the interesting challenges and patient opportunities
that come along with it.
Prof. Dr. Herman Reichenspurner, Professor at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at University Hospital, Hamburg Eppendorf, and Medical Director at the University Heart Center, Hamburg, discuss surgery in AR, and all the interesting challenges and patient opportunities that come along with it.
AR, aortic regurgitation.
ESC, European Society of Cardiology.