Impact of Mandatory Preoperative Dental Screening on Infective Endocarditis in Patients Undergoing Surgical Valve Replacement

Impact of Mandatory Preoperative Dental Screening on Infective Endocarditis in Patients Undergoing Surgical Valve Replacement

Background: Guidelines recommend preoperative dental screening (PDS) prior to surgical valve replacement (SVR) to reduce risk of prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (IE). Nonetheless, limited data support these recommendations. Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the impac...

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Main Authors: Lytfi Krasniqi, MD, Poul Erik Mortensen, MD, Emil Johannes Ravn, MD, Marlene Tofterup, MD, Henrik Nissen, MD, PhD, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, MD, PhD, DMSCi, Niels Holmark Andersen, MD, PhD, DMSCi, Ivy Modrau, MD, DMSCi, Kasper Stokbro, DDS, PhD, Jonas A. Povlsen, MD, PhD, Oke Gerke, MSc, PhD, DMSCi, Jesper Hallas, MD, DMSCi, Marie-Annick Clavel, DVM, PhD, Lars Peter Schødt Riber, MD, PhD, DMSCi, Jordi Sanchez Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSCi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-02-01
Series:JACC: Advances
Subjects:
infectious endocarditis
preoperative dental screening
valve replacement
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772963X24008524
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