title: Prosthetic valve endocarditis five months following transcatheter aortic valve implantation and review of literature.
abstract: There are only a few cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) reported in the literature. Though not very frequent, this is a serious concern because patients are high risk for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) by definition, and explanting the endocarditic prosthetic valve followed by SAVR increases risk even higher.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, New England Heart Institute, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire. Email:siyamekneragi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Siyamek
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neragi-Miandoab
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, New England Heart Institute, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire. Email:siyamekneragi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Westbrook
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, New England Heart Institute, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, New England Heart Institute, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blakely
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, New England Heart Institute, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire. Email:siyamekneragi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Yvon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baribeau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015995:Prevalence; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome