Heart Transplantation as Salvage Therapy of Candida tropicalis Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis

Key Points

• The aim is to evaluate heart transplantation as a potential treatment for inoperable prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Candida tropicalis.
• Assessment of selected patients with inoperable infective endocarditis (IE)
• Evaluation of heart transplantation as a therapeutic option
• Consideration of heart transplantation as a last-resort intervention
• Heart transplantation can be considered in selected cases of inoperable IE.
• This therapeutic option carries potential benefits but is framed as exceptional.