Infective endocarditis following transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement: a clinical case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transcatheter valve-in-valve replacement (TMViVR) is an alternative option for patients with bioprosthetic valve failure (BVF) who are at high surgical risk. Although infective endocarditis (IE) after transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement is unusual, it is associated with significantly high mortality.

Case presentation

An 81-year-old male patient was admitted with intermittent thoracic tightness, chest pain persisting for 3 years, and shortness of breath with nausea for 1 week. Two months prior, he received transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement for recurrent heart failure and severe prosthetic mitral regurgitation. He developed a fever in the early postoperative period after TMViVR, with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia detected. He was di

SUBMITTER: Zhang JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11770926 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature