Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infective endocarditis is increasingly linked to injection drug use. A group of researchers reviewed almost 600 ...

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 ...

How do the 2007 IE prevention guidelines differ from the prior (1997 [11]) iteration? There are three major differences in the current version. The "highest-risk" group for whom antibiotic prophylaxis ...

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

Guidelines regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of infective endocarditis in dental patients are misinterpreted, not carried out properly, and need clarification. The commentary was ...

The 2023 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on managing infective endocarditis (IE) have introduced significant updates, reflecting the complexities and challenges in treating this ...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands—New developments over the last 8 years have provided the impetus for revamped guidelines on the management of infective endocarditis (IE) from the European Society of ...

Patients with specific cardiac conditions such as valvular heart disease and congenital abnormalities, or those requiring a pacemaker, should practice good dental and skin hygiene to help prevent rare ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data show an acceleration in U.S. deaths due to infective endocarditis among adults aged 25 to 44 years.