Cardiology Department, Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Unidade de Controle de Infecção Hospitalar do Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Nov 6;19(1):623. doi: 10.1186/s13019-024-03122-x.
Fungal endocarditis following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a rare and serious complication of this procedure. We describe a case of a 75-year-old patient who developed fungal endocarditis caused by Candida albicans, complicated by an aortic pseudoaneurysm.
经导管主动脉瓣植入术(TAVI)后真菌性心内膜炎是该手术的一种罕见且严重的并发症。我们描述了一例 75 岁患者发生真菌性心内膜炎的病例,该患者由白色念珠菌引起,并发主动脉假性动脉瘤。