Surgeons' Perspectives on Valve Surgery in People With Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalizations for drug-use associated infective endocarditis (DUA-IE) have led to increasing surgical consultation for valve replacement. Cardiothoracic surgeons' perspectives about the process of decision making around operation for people with DUA-IE are largely unknown.

Methods

This multisite semiqualitative study sought to gather the perspectives of cardiothoracic surgeons on initial and repeat valve surgery for people with DUA-IE through purposeful sampling of surgeons at 7 hospitals: University of Alabama, Tufts Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Rhode Island Hospital-Brown University.

Results

Nineteen cardiothoracic surgeons (53%

SUBMITTER: Wurcel AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9339044 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature