Therefore, can be acute or chronic as follows:

Acute aortic regurgitation In acute AR, as may be seen with acute perforation of the aortic valve due to endocarditis, there will be a sudden increase in the volume of blood in the left ventricle. The ventricle is unable to deal with the sudden change in volume. The filling pressure of the left ventricle will increase. This causes pressure in the left atrium to rise, and the individual will develop pulmonary edema. Severe acute aortic regurgitation is considered a medical emergency. There is a high mortality rate if the individual does not undergo immediate surgery for aortic valve replacement.Acute AR usually presents as florid congestive heart failure, and will not have any of the signs associated with chronic AR since the left ventricle had not yet developed the eccentric hypertrophy and dilatation that allow an increased stroke volume, which in turn cause bounding peripheral pulses. On auscultation, there may be a short diastolic murmur and a soft S1. S1 is soft because the elevated filling pressures close the mitral valve in diastole.Chronic aortic regurgitation If the individual survives the initial hemodynamic derailment that acute AR presents, the left ventricle adapts by its eccentric hypertrophy and dilatation with a subsequent compensated volume overload. The left ventricular filling pressures will revert to normal and the individual will no longer have overt heart failure. In this compensated phase, the individual may be totally asymptomatic and may have normal exercise tolerance.
Left ventricle dysfunction determines to an extent the outlook for severity of aortic regurgitation cases. References
Further reading
Hamirani, Yasmin S.; Dietl, Charles A.; Voyles, Wyatt; Peralta, Mel; Begay, Darlene; Raizada, Veena (2012-08-28). "Acute Aortic Regurgitation". Circulation. 126 (9): 1121–1126. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.113993. ISSN 0009-7322. PMID 22927474. Dujardin, Karl S.; Enriquez-Sarano, Maurice; Schaff, Hartzell V.; Bailey, Kent R.; Seward, James B.; Tajik, A. Jamil (1999-04-13). "Mortality and Morbidity of Aortic Regurgitation in Clinical Practice A Long-Term Follow-Up Study". Circulation. 99 (14): 1851–1857. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.99.14.1851. ISSN 0009-7322. PMID 10199882. == External links ==