Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement as a Rescue Treatment for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

Milos Brankovic; Julia Ansari; Ravindra Karanam; Sergio Waxman

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.04.022

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement as a Rescue Treatment for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Oct 5;4(19):1306-1310. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.04.022.

Authors

Milos Brankovic^{1

2}, Julia Ansari³, Ravindra Karanam⁴, Sergio Waxman³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
² Transatlantic Cardiovascular Study Group, Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA.
³ Department of Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

Abstract

A 74-year-old man with a history of bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement presented with acute severe aortic insufficiency and cardiogenic shock secondary to Diphtheroides and Enterococcus endocarditis. The patient was deemed to be not a surgical candidate by the multidisciplinary team and underwent rescue transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve replacement, resulting in complete recovery. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: AS, aortic stenosis; IE, infective endocarditis; PVE, prosthetic valve endocarditis; prosthetic valve endocarditis; transcatheter aortic valve replacement; valve-in-valve.

Publication types

Case Reports