title: Perspectives on the 2007 AHA Endocarditis Prevention Guidelines.
abstract: From 2005 to 2007, the American Heart Association convened a consensus panel of experts to revisit the guidelines for the premedication of patients with cardiac defects prior to dental treatment. Presented in this article is a summary of the guidelines as well as commentary on the process.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Pallasch
mesh_terms: D000572:American Heart Association; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000517:prevention & control; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D003792:Dental Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004363:Drug Utilization; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010820:Physicians; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States; D034363:Viridans Streptococci / Q000502:physiology