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Cardiac Infections: Those at highest risk include survivors of previous episodes of infective endocarditis and patients with prosthetic heart valves, congenital heart disease (not including isolated congenital heart valve abnormalities) or a left ventricular assist device. In these patients, prophylactic antibiotics are recommended before oral or dental procedures.
Endocarditis can present with many different clinical scenarios, so making the diagnosis can be challenging, says a co-chair of newly issued European guidelines for managing this disease.