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-IVDU). Initial data were obtained from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database and supplemented with chart review and national death index data. RESULTS: The IVDU group was significantly younger (43 vs 56 years old) than the non-IVDU group and had greater rates of psychiatric disorders, drug use, and tricuspid valve endocarditis (28% vs 8.6%). Hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus were significantly more common in the non-IVDU grou...
Objective: To know infective endocarditis frequency and its echocardiographic, clinical and microbio...
Purpose/Background: Infective endocarditis (IE), an infection of the cardiac endothelium, is a signi...
Objective: This study was undertaken to examine the outcomes of surgery for active infective endocar...
OBJECTIVES: The optimal management of active endocarditis in intravenous (IV) drug users is still la...
Background: Previous studies of outcomes in people who inject drugs (PWID) with infective endocardi...
BACKGROUND: Despite current progress in antibiotic therapy and medical management, infective endocar...
Objective: Patients and Methods: Results: Conclusion: To describe postdischarge survival rates and l...
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection affecting the endocardial lining and contrib...
Abstract Background Intravenous drug abuse (IDA) is a known risk factor for infective endocarditis (...
BACKGROUND:In recent years, the number of infective endocarditis (IE) cases associated with injectio...
Background Infective endocarditis has been associated with underlying cardiac pathology and strep...
International audienceBackground - Infective endocarditis (IE) in people who inject drugs (PWID) is ...
BACKGROUND: The addiction crisis is widespread, and unsafe injection practices among people who inje...
Abstract Background The United States’ opioid ep...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to study the outcome of patients with injection drug use-asso...
Objective: To know infective endocarditis frequency and its echocardiographic, clinical and microbio...
Purpose/Background: Infective endocarditis (IE), an infection of the cardiac endothelium, is a signi...
Objective: This study was undertaken to examine the outcomes of surgery for active infective endocar...
OBJECTIVES: The optimal management of active endocarditis in intravenous (IV) drug users is still la...
Background: Previous studies of outcomes in people who inject drugs (PWID) with infective endocardi...
BACKGROUND: Despite current progress in antibiotic therapy and medical management, infective endocar...
Objective: Patients and Methods: Results: Conclusion: To describe postdischarge survival rates and l...
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection affecting the endocardial lining and contrib...
Abstract Background Intravenous drug abuse (IDA) is a known risk factor for infective endocarditis (...
BACKGROUND:In recent years, the number of infective endocarditis (IE) cases associated with injectio...
Background Infective endocarditis has been associated with underlying cardiac pathology and strep...
International audienceBackground - Infective endocarditis (IE) in people who inject drugs (PWID) is ...
BACKGROUND: The addiction crisis is widespread, and unsafe injection practices among people who inje...
Abstract Background The United States’ opioid ep...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to study the outcome of patients with injection drug use-asso...
Objective: To know infective endocarditis frequency and its echocardiographic, clinical and microbio...
Purpose/Background: Infective endocarditis (IE), an infection of the cardiac endothelium, is a signi...
Objective: This study was undertaken to examine the outcomes of surgery for active infective endocar...