Walter Wilson, Kathryn A Taubert, Michael Gewitz, Peter B Lockhart, Larry M Baddour, Matthew Levison, Ann Bolger, Christopher H Cabell, Masato Takahashi, Robert S Baltimore, Jane W Newburger, Brian L Strom, Lloyd Y Tani, Michael Gerber, Robert O Bonow, Thomas Pallasch, Stanford T Shulman, Anne H Rowley, Jane C Burns, Patricia Ferrieri, Timothy Gardner, David Goff, David T Durack
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this statement is to update the recommendations by the American Heart Association (AHA) for the prevention of infective endocarditis that were last published in 1997. METHODS AND RESULTS: A writing group was appointed by the AHA for their expertise in prevention and treatment of infective endocarditis, with liaison members representing the American Dental Association, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the American Academy of Pediatrics...
October 9, 2007: Circulation