Impact of Timing of Infective Endocarditis After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation on Mortality

It is well established that infective endocarditis (IE) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with significantly increased mortality (1-year mortality rates as high as 50%) and stroke rates.1,2 Existing studies have determined the predictors of IE after TAVI and mortality in patients with IE after TAVI.1,2 Stortecky et al3 determined that the incidence of IE after TAVI was highest in the early procedural/periprocedural period (≤100 days). Similar findings were shown by Mentias et al.