Background Persons who inject drugs and require surgery for infective endocarditis have 2
potentially lethal diseases. Current postoperative rehabilitation efforts seem ineffective in …

North America is facing an opioid epidemic and growing illicit drug supply, contributing to
growing numbers of injection drug use–related infective endocarditis (IDU-IE). Patients with …

Methods: This is a retrospective review of 56 surgical IDU-IE from 2011 to 2016 at a tertiary
care center. Data collected included substances used, documented psychosocial …

Background: Rising rates of hospitalization for infective endocarditis (IE) have been
increasingly tied to rising injection drug use (IDU) associated with the opioid epidemic …

Objectives: Infective endocarditis (IE) among people who inject drugs is associated with high
rates of mortality and repeat episodes of endocarditis. We sought to report on longer-term …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with marked morbidity and mortality in the United
States and parallels the opioid pandemic. Few studies explore this interaction and its effect …

Background The opioid crisis has disproportionally affected Appalachia. One of the
potentially lethal and costly complications associated with IV drug use is infective …

Objectives Drug use–associated infective endocarditis is a rapidly growing clinical problem.
Although operative outcomes are generally satisfactory, reinfection secondary to recurrent …

Background People who inject drugs (PWID) represent a high-risk subgroup of endocarditis
patients. This is highlighted by poorer post-operative outcomes in injection drug use-related …

Importance Persons who inject drugs (PWID) represent a distinct demographic of patients
with infective endocarditis. Many centers do not perform valvular surgery on these patients …