Poor long-term outcomes of intravenous drug users with infectious endocarditis

ABSTRACT:

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 group. Perioperative complicat

SUBMITTER: Caceres J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9510881 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature