Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation Severity With Echocardiography and MRI

William A. Zoghbi, MD, MACC Elkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Health Chair, Department of Cardiology Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute Co-Director, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center Houston Methodist Hospital Objectives: 1. The learners will familiarize themselves with: 2. Etiologies and characteristics of aortic regurgitation (AR) 3. Echo/Doppler American Society /SCMR criteria for evaluating AR severity 4. Role of cardiac MRI and method of AR quantitation and concordance with AR severity by echocardiography 5. Prognostic implications for AR severity