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 |
a Not a target population for prophylaxis according to recommendations of the European Society for Cardiology.
Source: Wilson W et al: Prevention of infective endocarditis. Circulation 116:1736, 2007; Habib G et al: Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis. Eur Heart J 30:2369, 2009.