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Antibiotics and Anticoagulation

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To prevent bacterial endocarditis in the catheterization laboratory our policy consists of: intravenous antibiotics administration associated with a specific recommendation for physician and environmental sterility control.

Antithrombotic prophylaxis is the second issue addressed in this chapter.

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  1. IRCCS—Policlinico, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy

    Luciane Piazza

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  1. Pediatric Cardiology Department, Bambin Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Gianfranco Butera

  2. Vita e Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

    Massimo Chessa

  3. Deutsches Herzzentrum, MĂĽnchen, Bayern, Germany

    Andreas Eicken

  4. Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

    John Thomson

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Piazza, L. (2021). Antibiotics and Anticoagulation. In: Butera, G., Chessa, M., Eicken, A., Thomson, J. (eds) Cardiac Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69856-0_3

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