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ReviewReviews in cardiovascular medicine2025

Early and Very Early Post-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Infective Endocarditis: Imaging Challenges.

Nikoleta Hadjigeorgiou, Despo Melanarkiti, Theodora Eleni Plakomyti, Vasileios Demou, Vasileios Giannakopoulos, Chariton Sapouridis, Angeliki Mouzarou

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Review in Reviews in cardiovascular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nikoleta HadjigeorgiouDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital Paphos, State Health Services Organization, 8026 Paphos, Cyprus.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0102-5116
Despo MelanarkitiDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital Paphos, State Health Services Organization, 8026 Paphos, Cyprus.
Theodora Eleni PlakomytiDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital Paphos, State Health Services Organization, 8026 Paphos, Cyprus.
Vasileios DemouDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital Paphos, State Health Services Organization, 8026 Paphos, Cyprus.
Vasileios GiannakopoulosDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital Paphos, State Health Services Organization, 8026 Paphos, Cyprus.
Chariton SapouridisDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital Paphos, State Health Services Organization, 8026 Paphos, Cyprus.
Angeliki MouzarouDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital Paphos, State Health Services Organization, 8026 Paphos, Cyprus.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6687-5075

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a minimally invasive procedure to treat severe aortic stenosis in select patients. Patients who have undergone TAVI are at high risk of infective endocarditis (IE), especially during the first year post-operation. Early diagnosis of IE is essential to initiate targeted antibiotic therapy and/or surgical intervention. However, the early detection of IE following TAVI poses significant diagnostic challenges. Current imaging techniques, including echocardiography, nuclear imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging, have varying degrees of sensitivity and specificity, each with inherent limitations. Nuclear imaging modalities, such as positron emission tomography/computed tomography using

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early post-TAVI infective endocarditispost-TAVI infective endocarditisvery early post-TAVI infective endocarditis

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PMID40630461
PMCPMC12230834

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