Una revisione della profilassi antibiotica dell'endocardite, pubblicato su Circulation (aprile 2007) a cura dell' American Hearth Association.

PREVENTION OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS - GUIDELINES FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. A Guideline from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group.

- Table 1: Summary of 9 Iterations of AHA Recommended Antibiotic Regimens from 1955 to 1997 for Dental/Respiratory Tract Procedures (PDF)

- Table 2: Primary Reasons for Revision of the IE Prophylaxis Guidelines (PDF)

- Table 3: Cardiac Conditions Associated with the Highest Risk of Adverse Outcome from Endocarditis for Which Prophylaxis with Dental Procedures Is
Recommended (PDF)

- Table 4: Dental Procedures for which Endocarditis Prophylaxis is Recommended for Patients in Table 3 (PDF)

- Table 5: Regimens for a Dental Procedure (PDF)

- Table 6: Summary of Major Changes in Updated Document (PDF)

- A legal perspective on antibiotic prophylaxis  ADA DIVISION OF LEGAL AFFAIRS (PDF)

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