title: Mitral and aortic valve prosthetic endocarditis after percutaneous closure of mitral paravalvular leak.
abstract: A 67-year-old man presented to our hospital with massive mitral and aortic valve prosthetic endocarditis 2 months after transcatheter percutaneous closure of a mitral paravalvular leak with an Amplatzer duct occluder device (AGA Medical Corp, Plymouth MN). He underwent successful reoperation for valve prosthesis replacement and reconstruction of the anterior fibrous trigone. Although transcatheter treatment of periprosthetic valve defects has been shown to be feasible, follow-up data are still limited. This procedure should be reserved only for patients who are not eligible for open surgical procedures and those with small periprosthetic defects.
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy. pmalvin@tin.it
authors: Pietro Giorgio
authors: PG
authors: Malvindi
authors: Giuseppe Maria
authors: GM
authors: Raffa
authors: Antioco
authors: A
authors: Cappai
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Barbone
authors: Alessio
authors: A
authors: Basciu
authors: Fabrizio
authors: F
authors: Settepani
authors: Enrico
authors: E
authors: Citterio
authors: Diego
authors: D
authors: Ornaghi
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Tarelli
authors: Ettore
authors: E
authors: Vitali
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*