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. 2010 Summer;21(2):74–77. doi: 10.1155/2010/760276

TABLE 1.

Indications for prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in patients undergoing dental procedures

Prophylaxis indicated Prophylaxis not indicated
  • Prosthetic cardiac valves

  • Previous infective endocarditis

  • Unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease, including palliative shunts and conduits

  • Completely repaired congenital heart defect with prosthetic material or device, during the first six months after the procedure

  • Repaired congenital heart disease with residual defects at the site or adjacent to the site of a prosthetic patch or prosthetic device (which inhibit endothelialization)

  • Cardiac transplant recipients with cardiac valvulopathy

  • Rheumatic heart disease if prosthetic valves or prosthetic material used in valve repair

  • Atrial septic defects

  • Ventricular septal defects

  • Patent ductus arteriosus

  • Mitral valve prolapse

  • Previous Kawasaki disease

  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

  • Previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery

  • Cardiac pacemakers (intravascular and epicardial) and implanted defibrillators

  • Bicuspid aortic valves

  • Coarctation of the aorta

  • Calcified aortic stenosis

  • Pulmonic stenosis