Is It Time to Rethink Public Reporting of Surgical Endocarditis Outcomes in Patients Who Inject Drugs?

J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 May 18;10(10):e020090. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.020090. Epub 2021 May 6.

Authors

Sami El-Dalati¹, Pyongsoo Yoon², George Michael Deeb³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh PA.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplant Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh PA.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery University of Michigan Health Systems Ann Arbor MI.

No abstract available

Keywords: addiction; endocarditis; risk stratification; valve surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / epidemiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
Global Health
Humans
Morbidity / trends
Registries*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
Survival Rate / trends