Patient characteristics, microbiology, and mortality of infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infective endocarditis (IE) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with a high mortality and surgery is rarely performed. Thus, to inform on preventive measures and treatment strategies, we investigated patient characteristics and microbiology of IE after TAVI.

Methods

Using Danish nationwide registries, we identified patients with IE after TAVI, IE after non-TAVI prosthetic valve (nTPV), and native valve IE. Patient characteristics; overall, early (≤12 month), and late IE (>12 month) microbiology; and unadjusted and adjusted mortality were compared.

Results

We identified 273, 1022, and 5376 cases of IE after TAVI, IE after nTPV and native valve IE. Age and frailty were highest among TAVI IE (4.8%; median age 82 years; 61.9% frai

SUBMITTER: Strange JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10724461 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature