Findings Suggest Poor Outcomes with Dental Extraction before Cardiac Surgery

Findings Suggest Poor Outcomes with Dental Extraction before Cardiac Surgery March 5, 2014 (medicalnewstoday) – New study shows that the risk of tooth extraction before heart surgery is higher than what was thought by the healthcare professionals. This was... More

Findings Suggest Poor Outcomes with Dental Extraction before Cardiac Surgery March 5, 2014 (medicalnewstoday) – New study shows that the risk of tooth extraction before heart surgery is higher than what was thought by the healthcare professionals. This was announced by Dr. Kendra Grim, an anesthesiologist in Mayo Clinic. She said, "We are always concerned with improving safety, and pulling infected teeth before heart surgery seemed to be the safer intervention. But we became interested in studying this complex patient group, as many patients that come to the operating room for dental surgery just before heart surgery are quite ill." This fact is linked to the prosthetic heart valve-related endocarditis that contributes to about one-fourth of infective endocarditis cases and accounts to 38 percent of mortality rate. This prompts all physicians to focus on the risk factors involving the management of the condition, including pre-surgery preventive measures such as poor dental health. Too Less