Poor long-term outcomes of intravenous drug users with infectious endocarditisCentral MessagePerspective

Poor long-term outcomes of intravenous drug users with infectious endocarditisCentral MessagePerspective

Objectives: The optimal management of active endocarditis in intravenous (IV) drug users is still lacking. Methods: From the years 1997 to 2017, 536 patients with active infectious endocarditis were surgically treated, including 83 (15%) with IV drug use (IVDU) and 453 (85%) without IV drug use (non...

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Main Authors: Juan Caceres, MD, Aroosa Malik, MD, Tom Ren, BS, Aroma Naeem, BA, Jeffrey Clemence, BS, Alexander Makkinejad, BS, Xiaoting Wu, PhD, Bo Yang, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:JTCVS Open
Subjects:
cardiac surgery
endocarditis
outcomes
aortic valve surgery
tricuspid valve surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266627362200239X

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