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| {{Cardiac disease in pregnancy}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Cardiac disease in pregnancy and valvular heart disease#Antibiotic Prophylaxis]] |
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| ==Antibiotic Prophylaxis==
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| The official [http://www.americanheart.org American Heart Association] (AHA) recommendation is that antibody prophylaxis is not necessary for an uncomplicated delivery except among patients with a [[prosthetic heart valve]] or surgically constructed systemic to pulmonary shunt. However, because of the difficulties in predicting complicated deliveries and the potential devastating consequences of [[endocarditis]], antibiotic prophylaxis for vaginal delivery in all patients with [[congenital heart disease]] expect those with an isolated secundum type [[atrial septal defect]] and those six months or more after repair of septal defects or surgical ligation division of a patent duct is [[patent duct arteriosus|arteriosus]], seems reasonable. At the time of delivery it is recommended that all women with [[valvular heart disease]] receive [[antibiotics]], usually [[penicillin]] and [[gentamycin]]. For those with a [[pencillin allergy]], [[vancomycin]] is used.
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