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Valve‐in‐valve‐in‐valve: Treating endocarditis of a transcatheter heart valve
Author(s) -
Nguyen Caroline,
Cheong Adrian P.,
Himbert Dominique
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.25899
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , heart valve , complication , valve replacement , cardiology , surgery , heart valve replacement , aortic valve , stenosis
Transcatheter heart valve endocarditis is a rare, but life threatening complication. We describe the case of a patient who was successfully treated by transcatheter aortic valve‐in‐valve‐in‐valve replacement with a favorable 1‐year outcome, despite severe early complications. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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