Infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), now a common procedure to treat high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, has rapidly been expanding into younger and lower-risk populations, creating a need to better understand long-term outcome after TAVI. The aim of the present investigation was to determine the incidence, risk factors for, clinical presentation of, and outcome after prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) in patients treated with TAVI in a nationwide study.

Methods and results

Three registries were used: a national TAVI registry, a national diagnosis registry, and a national infective endocarditis registry. Combining these registries made it possible to perform a nationwide, all-comers study with independent and validated reporting of PVE in 4336 pa

SUBMITTER: Bjursten H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6911164 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature