Infective mitral valve endocarditis after transapical aortic valve implantation

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Mar;16(3):394-5. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs500. Epub 2012 Dec 7.

Abstract

An 80-year old patient underwent a transapical aortic valve implantation. On the 28th postoperative day, the patient developed acute mitral valve endocarditis. Initially, the patient was unsuccessfully treated conservatively. After 71 days, the patient was operated on with mitral valve replacement. In this report, we discuss the potentially growing problem of complications related to transcatheter valve implantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
  • Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / microbiology*
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
  • Reoperation
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents