METHODS.
From February 2013 to November 2019 consecutive asymptomatic patients with chronic sAR evaluated in the Heart Valve Clinic with a comprehensive transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) were included.
Exclusion criteria included patients who already met criteria for cardiac surgery at the time of the inclusion (presence of symptoms, LV dilation or dysfunction, indication for other cardiac surgery), other concomitant significant valve disease (more than mild degree evaluated with echocardiography), LV dysfunction, the presence of atrial fibrillation or pacemaker rhythm.
Local Ethical Committee approved the study.