Key result
Conservative medical therapy successfully resolves complicated prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis without surgery.
Why the study?
Prosthetic valve endocarditis has high morbidity and a guarded prognosis, with management typically guided by consensus recommending early surgery and antibiotics.
Case Report (n=1)
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is associated with high morbidity and carries a guarded overall prognosis. The management of this condition is based on consensus guidelines determined by various high-risk clinical and radiological features. Early surgery along with antibiotics has been the preferred option conventionally. We present a case of PVE with high-risk features that was successfully managed with antibiotics. This highlights the need for individualizing treatment based on prognostic evaluation rather than subjecting all patients to high-risk cardiac surgery.
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Sanjana et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Prosthetic valve endocarditis (n=1). Intravenous antibiotics (conservative management) was evaluated on Clinical and echocardiographic resolution of endocarditis. A 68-year-old woman with complicated prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and complete heart block was successfully managed with a 6-week course of intravenous antibiotics without surgery.
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