Incidence and outcome of infective endocarditis following percutaneous versus surgical pulmonary valve replacement.
Gentian LluriDaniel S LeviEmily MillerAbbie HagemanSanjay SinhaSoraya SadeghiBrian ReemtsenHillel LaksReshma BiniwaleMorris SalemGregory A FishbeinJamil AboulhosnPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2017)
In this study, patients undergoing TPVR were not at a higher risk of IE than patients undergoing SPVR. TPVR patients were more likely to have had a prior history of IE and RV-PA conduit. The patients at highest risk were those with stenotic RV to PA conduits who were treated with TPVR.