Risk factors for infective endocarditis following transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement in patients with congenital heart disease.
Soraya SadeghiSubeer WadiaGentian LluriJana TarabayAnisha FernandoMorris SalemSanjay SinhaDaniel S LeviJamil AboulhosnPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
Among the risk factors examined in this study, immunocompromised status was the most significant predictor of IE development post-TCPVR. Patients with the lowest risk of IE are those with competent immune systems, without a history of IE, and with minimal residual pulmonary valve gradients post-TCPVR.