Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2013 Mar;16(3):394-5.
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs500. Epub 2012 Dec 7.

Infective mitral valve endocarditis after transapical aortic valve implantation

Grzegorz Hirnle  1 , David Holzhey, Michael Borger, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr
Affiliations
Case Reports

Infective mitral valve endocarditis after transapical aortic valve implantation

Grzegorz Hirnle et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Mar.

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.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
TEE, mid-oesophageal level. On the atrial surface of posterior mitral leaflet large vegetation (arrow). LA: left atrium; LV: left ventricle.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
TEE, mid-oesophageal level. On the atrial surface of posterior mitral leaflet recurrent large vegetation (arrow). LA: left atrium; LV: left ventricle.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. Wang A, Athan E, Pappas PA, Fowler VG, Jr, Olaison L, Paré C, et al. International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study Investigators. Contemporary clinical profile and outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis. J Am Med Assoc. 2007;297:1354–61. - PubMed
    1. Habib G, Hoen B, Tornos P, Thuny F, Prendergast B, Vilacosta I, et al. Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis (new version 2009): the task force on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Eur Heart J. 2009;30:2369–413. - PubMed
    1. Prendergast BD. The changing face of infective endocarditis. Heart. 2006;92:879–85. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Bouza E, Menasalvas A, Muñoz P, Vasallo FJ, del Mar Moreno M, García Fernández MA. Infective endocarditis–a prospective study at the end of the twentieth century: new predisposing conditions, new etiologic agents, and still a high mortality. Medicine (Baltimore) 2001;80:298–307. - PubMed
    1. Lytle BW. Prosthetic valve endocarditis. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995;7:1. - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances