Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Aug 2021)

Findings of prosthetic valve endocarditis in the balloon-expandable trans-catheter aortic valve: review of the literature and tips of management

  • Domenico Calcaterra,
  • Kevin Harris,
  • Mario Goessl,
  • Gopika Dasari,
  • Navneet Kaur,
  • Ivan Chavez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01609-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Abstract Prosthetic valve endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a rare complication associated with a high mortality rate. Nonetheless, the rapid expansion of TAVI in recent years has proportionally increased the number of patients exposed to the risk of developing transcatheter valve infection. A 71-year-old female with recent history of TAVI was diagnosed with prosthetic valve obstruction secondary to endocarditis. The characteristics of clinical presentation of endocarditis in the balloon-expandable transcatheter valve and the intra-operative findings are discussed with a review of the literature and tips of management.

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