Serial ¹⁸ F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT angiography in transcatheter-implanted aortic valve endocarditis

Abstract

A 75-year-old woman was referred to our centre for suspicion of endocarditis. Six months earlier, she had undergone an uncomplicated transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI; Medtronic CoreValve Evolut R). For several days prior to admission, she had been experiencing symptoms of drowsiness, malaise, and a spiking fever. Blood cultures were positive for Staphylococcus aureus , and echocardiography revealed a small, slightly oscillating structure within the distal TAVI stent frame, without signs of perivalvular extensions or paravalvular leakage …