Extraction of an infected tooth prior to cardiac surgery may risky, including the risk of death prior to surgery, reveals a study in the March 2014 issue of iThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery/i. Dental extraction of abscessed or infected teeth is often performed to decrease the risk of infection during surgery and endocarditis (an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart) following surgery. Cardiac surgeon Joseph A. Dearani, MD, along with anesthesiologists ...
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