Open AccessProsthetic valve endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A case report and current review
Author(s) -
Tarek Chami,
Guilherme F. Attizzani
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2332-7251
pISSN - 2332-7243
DOI - 10.5430/crim.v4n2p10
Subject(s) - medicine , valve replacement , endocarditis , complication , surgery , cardiology , aortic valve , stenosis
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a rare but very serious and often deadly complication. Despite that, data are scarce and limited. Here, we report a case of a patient who developed PVE three months following TAVR and review the literature.