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Infective endocarditis can be life-threatening unless early diagnosis is made and effective therapy is started. Although the incidence of infective endocarditis is low in pregnancy, maternal and fetal mortality is high once occurred. Therefore, any pregnant woman with unexplained fever and a heart murmur should be observed carefully. There is still a controversy about preventive administration of antibiotics during pregnancy. However, considering poor outcome of pregnant woman with infective endocarditis, it may be reasonable to use antibiotics in patients at high risk.
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Nakatani, S. (2019). Infective Endocarditis. In: Ikeda, T., Aoki-Kamiya, C. (eds) Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Disease. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1993-7_7
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