Author/Authors :
Bozdağ-Turan, İlkay University Hospital of Rostock - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Germany , Kische, Stephan University Hospital of Rostock - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Germany , D´Ancona, Giuseppe University Hospital of Rostock - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Germany , Nienaber, Cristopher A. University Hospital of Rostock - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Germany , İnce, Hüseyin University Hospital of Rostock - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Germany
Abstract :
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been recently popularized as a safe and valuable alternative in patients deemed at too high risk for conventional surgery. Management of suspected endocarditis after TAVI should be pondered and surgical intervention should be advocated only when the diagnosis is certain and conventional medical treatment has failed. We herein report a case of suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis resolved after adequate medical treatment.
