Prosthetic valve endocarditis 7 months after transcatheter aortic valve implantation diagnosed with 3D TEE

Prosthetic valve endocarditis 7 months after transcatheter aortic valve implantation diagnosed with 3D TEE

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was introduced as an alternative treatment for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis for whom surgery would be high-risk. Prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis is a serious complication of surgical AVR (SAVR) with high morbidity and mortality....

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Main Authors: Cenk Sarı, Tahir Durmaz, Bilge Duran Karaduman, Telat Keleş, Hüseyin Bayram, Serdal Baştuğ, Mehmet Burak Özen, Nihal Akar Bayram, Emine Bilen, Hüseyin Ayhan, Hacı Ahmet Kasapkara, Engin Bozkurt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
Subjects:
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Infective endocarditis
3D echocardiography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1109966616300069

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