title: Cutaneo-pericardial fistula after transapical aortic valve implantation.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) represents a therapeutic option of increasing impact for the treatment of high-risk patients with symptomatic, severe aortic valve stenosis. We report here the case of an 86-year old patient with a cutaneo-pericardial fistula after a transapical TAVI procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheid
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grothusen
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lutter
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petzina
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents