Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in pediatric gastroenterology: Diagnostic and therapeutic applications

Table 3 Cardiac conditions with a high risk of infective endocarditis during endoscopic procedures

List of cardiac conditions
(1) Prosthetic (mechanical or bioprosthetic) cardiac valves
(2) History of previous IE
(3) Cardiac transplant recipients who develop cardiac valvulopathy
(4) Patients with CHD: Unrepaired cyanotic CHD, including palliative shunts and conduits; those with completely repaired CHD with prosthetic material or devices, placed surgically or by catheter, for the first 6 months after the procedure; and those with repaired CHD with residual defects at the site or adjacent to the site of a prosthetic patch or device

CHD: Congenital heart disease; IE: Infective endocarditis.