The risk of infective endocarditis following interventional pulmonary valve implantation: A meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: At present, there is an important difference for the risk of IE after PPVI. To reduce the risk of post PPVI endocarditis, a careful valve selection in favor of the Sapien™ valves seems to be beneficial. PMID: 31113702 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31113702?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Cardiology - May 17, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lehner A, Haas NA, Dietl M, Jakob A, Schulze-Neick I, Dalla Pozza R, Rodriguez SF, Fischer M Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research