Revised guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) that advised against antibiotic prophylaxis in all but patients at highest risk for infective endocarditis were swiftly implemented into ...

Dental Dose is a twice-monthly video series featuring pharmacologist Tom Viola, RPh. In each episode, Viola shares bite-sized pieces of dental pharmacology news, facts, and myths. Last spring, the ...

Strategies for surgery to treat left-sided infective endocarditis (IE) differ between the US and Europe, in large part because the evidence base is limited, according to a new review that compares ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines to prevent endocarditis following dental care vary, but most support its use despite the risk of antimicrobial resistance, according to a systematic review published ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis is indicated in patients with certain cardiac conditions who are undergoing bacteremia-producing procedures. However, the American Heart Association (AHA) 2007 guidelines ...

Imagine getting your tooth extracted and a bacterial infection develops afterwards that travels down to your heart. Known as infective endocarditis, or bacterial endocarditis, it happens more often ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 2001, IDSA established criteria for selecting patients with infective endocarditis (IE) for outpatient ...