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Table 87-4: High-Risk Cardiac Lesions for Which Endocarditis Prophylaxis Is Advised before Dental Procedures

Table 87-4

  • 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 transplantation

Source: W Wilson et al: Circulation, 116:1736, 2007.


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Infective Endocarditis

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Table 87-4: High-Risk Cardiac Lesions for Which Endocarditis Prophylaxis Is Advised before Dental Procedures
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