• J. Hosp. Infect. · Dec 2018

    In-hospital infective endocarditis following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a cross-sectional study of the National Inpatient Sample database in the USA.

    • I Yeo, L K Kim, S O Park, and S C Wong.
    • Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA. Electronic address: ilhwan.yeo@mountsinai.org.
    • J. Hosp. Infect. 2018 Dec 1; 100 (4): 444-450.

    BackgroundWhile the utilization of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with severe aortic stenosis has been increasing, in-hospital infective endocarditis (IE) following TAVR has not been well described.AimTo identify in-hospital IE following TAVR.MethodsAll patients who underwent TAVR between 2012 and 2014 were identified using the National Inpatient Sample database. Multi-variate logistic regression was performed to identify the predictors of in-hospital IE after TAVR.FindingsOf the 41,025 patients who received TAVR, 120 patients (0.3%) developed in-hospital IE. Viridans group streptococci (20.8%) was the most frequent causative organism for in-hospital IE, followed by Staphylococcus aureus (16.7%) and enterococci (8.3%). Patients who developed in-hospital IE after TAVR had significantly higher rates of death (20.8% vs 4.1%, P<0.001), septic shock (16.7% vs 0.8%, P<0.001), cardiogenic shock (12.5% vs 3.4%, P=0.02), acute kidney injury requiring haemodialysis (16.7% vs 1.6%, P<0.001), bleeding requiring transfusion (29.2% vs 11.3%, P=0.01), myocardial infarction (12.5% vs 2.1%, P<0.001) and permanent pacemaker removal (4.2% vs 0.05%, P<0.001) compared with patients without IE. Independent predictors of in-hospital IE after TAVR include younger age [odds ratio (OR) 0.92, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.89-0.95], drug abuse (OR 48.9, 95% CI 6.9-347.3) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (OR 7.8, 95% CI 1.4-44.4).ConclusionIE occurred in 0.3% of patients after TAVR during the same hospitalization, resulting in higher rates of adverse outcomes including mortality. Patients with younger age, a history of drug abuse or HIV infection are at greater risk of in-hospital IE following TAVR, and would benefit from vigilant preventive measures perioperatively.Copyright © 2018 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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