The Evolving Burden of Drug Use Associated Infective Endocarditis in the United States.

CONCLUSIONS: Operations for DU-IE have increased sharply in the United States during the last several years exhibiting substantial regional variability. DU-IE patients have unique clinical profiles, and worse risk-adjusted outcomes. This demonstrates the significant impact of the opioid epidemic on endocarditis surgeries and punctuates the urgent need for multidisciplinary regional and national efforts to reverse this trend.
PMID: 32387035 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - May 4, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Geirsson A, Schranz A, Jawitz O, Mori M, Feng L, Zwischenberger BA, Iribarne A, Dearani J, Rushing G, Badhwar V, Crestanello JA Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research