title: Contemporary reviews by surgeon: timing of operation for chronic aortic regurgitation.
abstract: The timing of operation for severe chronic and asymptomatic aortic regurgitation remains problematic, though the present trend is to prefer early surgery. In this article, we review recent reports, mainly published after 2006, regarding indications for surgical treatment for pure chronic AR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka 591-8025, Japan. kataniguchi-circ@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawa
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left