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Prevention
of Bacterial Endocarditis: Diseases at Risk for Infective Endocarditis
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High
Risk
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Moderate
Risk
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Negligible
Risk
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| Prosthetic heart valves | Acquired valvular dysfunction | Isolated atrial septal defect |
| Previous bacterial endocarditis | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Surgical repair of atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, or patient ductus arteriosus |
| Complex cyanotic congenital heart disease | Mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation | Previous coronary artery bypass grafting |
| Surgically constructed pulmonary shunts | Mitral valve prolapse without regurgitation | |
| Cardiac pacemakers | ||
| Adapted from reference 25 | ||
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2003 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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