Infective endocarditis

infective-endocarditis

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Summary

AHA 2023 Science Advisory revisiting the link between nondental invasive procedures (NDIPs) and infective endocarditis (IE) risk, prompted by large nationwide case-crossover studies from Sweden (Janszky 2018) and England (Thornhill 2022) showing temporal association between several NDIPs and subsequent IE in high-risk patients. The advisory does not change current AHA guidance (which since 2007 restricts antibiotic prophylaxis [AP] to invasive dental procedures in high-risk patients) but calls for future guideline committees to reconsider AP, infection-prevention measures, and clinician awareness for NDIPs in high-risk individuals. No new prophylaxis regimens are mandated.

Current guideline: AHA 2023 IE Update · download Anki sub-deck

Versions

  • 2023 · AHA — AHA 2023 IE Update
  • 2023 · ESC — ESC 2023 IE Guideline
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  • 2023 · Duke-ISCVID — Duke-ISCVID 2023 Diagnostic Criteria
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  • 2015 · AHA — AHA 2015 IE Guideline
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