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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study published in the journal of Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes showed that infective ...

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 . Individuals with infective endocarditis who inject drugs may have better chances for survival compared with ...