title: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with a giant vegetation successfully treated with antibiotics: insights into a new group of patients with endocarditis.
abstract: During recent years, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become an alternative therapeutic option for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at high surgical risk. Although infective endocarditis (IE) is a potential and serious complication in this group of patients, the best therapeutic approach for IE in patients with TAVI has not been well established. Here, the case is reported of a patient with a giant vegetation after TAVI infection that was successfully treated without surgery. The hope is to provide some clinical insight into this new group of patients with IE.
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Olmos
authors: Isidre
authors: I
authors: Vilacosta
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Ferrera
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Vivas
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Sánchez-Enrique
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Nogales
authors: Gabriela
authors: G
authors: Tirado
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D000667:Ampicillin