Population
8 patients with both pure aortic insufficiency and second or third degree atrioventricular block, mean age…
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Case_series
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May alert clinicians to monitor for decompensation in aortic insufficiency with new AV block; hypothesis-generating case observation, leaves open need for prospective data.
The occurrence of AV block in patients with aortic insufficiency can precipitate sudden severe left heart failure in previously well-compensated patients.
Jensen et al. (1972) studied this question.
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