Ten cardiac conditions included in the survey |
Responses |
Correct |
Incorrect |
I don’t Know |
Conditions that require prescription of prophylactic antibiotics according to the AHA guidelines |
Prosthetic cardiac valves |
61% (225) |
33.5% (123) |
5.2% (19) |
Previous infective endocarditis |
62.1% (228) |
33.8% (124) |
4.1% (15) |
Completely repaired CHDs with prosthetic materials or devices during the first 6 months after the procedure |
55% (202) |
33.8% (124) |
11.2% (41) |
Residual defects after repair of CHDs |
41.4% (152) |
43.1% (158) |
15.5% (57) |
Untreated cyanotic congenital heart disease |
42%(157) |
34.6% (127) |
22.6% (83) |
Use of prosthetic materials for cardiac valve repair |
44.7% (164) |
37.3 (137) |
18% (66) |
Cardiac transplantation recipients who develop cardiac valvulopathy |
54% (200) |
28.1%(103) |
17.4% (64) |
Conditions that do not require prophylactic antibiotics according to the AHA guidelines |
Repaired CHDs with no residual defects at the site |
70.3 (258) |
8.2% (30) |
21.5% (79) |
Heart murmurs |
70.6 (259) |
6.8% (25) |
22.6% (83) |
Heart failure |
59.9% (220) |
15.8% (58) |
24.3% (89) |