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[Aspiration-based endocarditis debridement of a competent tricuspid valve in a high-risk case of tricuspid valve endocarditis secondary to cardiac device-related infective endocarditis].

Lukas Andreas HegerAsieb SekandarzadTobias Wengenmayer
Published in: Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) (2021)
Aspiration-based endocarditis debridement in right-heart endocarditis in high-risk patients using a standard cardiology diagnostic catheter can be an alternative to open heart surgery. However, larger clinical studies are needed to define the safety and prognostic benefit of an interventional catheter approach in infective endocarditis.
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