0 inflammation of the lining of the heart:
bacterial/infective endocarditis
The long-term outlook for patients who have had surgical repair of atrial septal defects is generally extremely good, with minimal, if any, risk of endocarditis.
Two of these patients had evidence of damaged valves, without evidence of active endocarditis.
It appears that children with multiple defects are more prone to developing endocarditis.
The main causes for admittance to hospital were severity of carditis, surgical treatment and endocarditis.
He was hospitalized at nine years of age for endocarditis requiring intravenous antibiotics for six weeks.
In the earlier years, the incidence of infectious endocarditis was approximately 12 per year, with mortality rates approaching 30%.
Infective endocarditis following cardiac catheterization in infancy: a case report and review.
Antibiotic prophylaxis should be adjusted for endocarditis prophylaxis if appropriate.
