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Outcomes of Treatment for Infective Endocarditis Following Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Source Name: World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

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Fox JC, Carvajal HG, Wan F, Canter MW, Merritt TC, Eghtesady P.

Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) carries an increased risk of infective endocarditis. This study used data from the Pediatric Health Information System for the period 2010–2020. Ninety-eight hospital admissions for infective endocarditis were identified for sixty-eight patients. For index admissions, 78 percent were treated medically and 22 percent surgically. The need for surgical intervention increased with increasing need for readmission. Mortality was 4.3 percent overall. Concern was expressed that reliance on medical therapy may delay surgery, which in this cohort was more successful overall.

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