High-Risk Cardiac Lesions for Which Endocarditis Prophylaxis is Advised Before Dental Procedures
| Prosthetic heart valves |
| Prior endocarditis |
| Unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease, including palliative shunts or conduits |
| Completely repaired congenital heart defects during the 6 months after repair |
| Incompletely repaired congenital heart disease with residual defects adjacent to prosthetic material |
| Valvulopathy developing after cardiac transplantationa |
aNot a target population for prophylaxis according to recommendations of the European Society for Cardiology.
Source: Table created using the guidelines published by the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology (W Wilson et al: Circulation 116:1736, 2007; and G Habib et al: Eur Heart J 30:2369, 2009).