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Valve‐in‐valve‐in‐valve: Treating endocarditis of a transcatheter heart valve |
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| Authors: | Caroline Nguyen MD Adrian P. Cheong MD Dominique Himbert MD |
| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology, Bichat‐Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique – H?pitaux De Paris, Paris, France |
| Abstract: | Transcatheter heart valve endocarditis is a rare, but life threatening complication. We describe the case of a patient who was successfully treated by transcatheter aortic valve‐in‐valve‐in‐valve replacement with a favorable 1‐year outcome, despite severe early complications. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
| Keywords: | aortic valve disease percutaneous intervention stroke complications diagnostic catheterization endocarditis elderly patients |
