More than one-third of the cases of infective endocarditis (IE) occur in older patients. The disease is often characterized by atypical symptoms. The incidence of neurological complications is high and represents a strong independent predictor of severe outcomes and mortality. IE is a rare but serious complication of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). A persistent delirium as a unique manifestation of post-TAVI IE in an older patient is presented in this clinical case.

Delirium as late manifestation of infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation / J. Fantinati, P.D. Rossi, G. Conte, M. Cesari, T. Lucchi, S. Ciccone. - In: AGE AND AGEING. - ISSN 0002-0729. - 51:11(2022 Nov 02), pp. 1-3. [10.1093/ageing/afac238]

Delirium as late manifestation of infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

J. Fantinati
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G. Conte;M. Cesari;
2022

Abstract

More than one-third of the cases of infective endocarditis (IE) occur in older patients. The disease is often characterized by atypical symptoms. The incidence of neurological complications is high and represents a strong independent predictor of severe outcomes and mortality. IE is a rare but serious complication of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). A persistent delirium as a unique manifestation of post-TAVI IE in an older patient is presented in this clinical case.
delirium; endocarditis; older people; transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
Settore MED/37 - Neuroradiologia
2-nov-2022
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