Cardiac Surgeons ’ Treatment Approaches for Infective Endocarditis Based on Patients’ Substance Use History

U.S. cardiac surgeons encounter complex decision-making when treating patients with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis (IDU-IE). We evaluated surgeons ’ treatment approaches for IDU-IE compared to non-IDU-IE. This is an anonymous survey of U.S. cardiac surgeons who answered hypothetical infective endocarditis (IE) clinical scenarios that varied based on patient substance use history, addiction treatment, and history of IE. Treatment approaches w ere classified as operative vs non-operative.

Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - December 3, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, Reed Mszar, Cornell Brooks, Syed Usman Bin Mahmood, Makoto Mori, Arnar Geirsson, Melissa B. Weimer Tags: ADULT – Original Submission Source Type: research