Prophylaxis for infective endocarditis: let's end the debate

Despite continued progress in the diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis, in-hospital mortality associated with this disease remains at about 20%, essentially unchanged for the past two decades. 1 Hoen B Duval X Infective endocarditis. N Engl J Med. 2013; 368: 1425-1433 Crossref PubMed Scopus (333) Google Scholar Therefore, increased efforts to reduce the incidence of infective endocarditis are needed. Since 2002, the policy for...