Injection Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis—Reply

In reply, injection drug-use-associated infective endocarditis is discussed. Among other things, the intention was to highlight the lack of certainty with respect to the use of surgery and outcomes in the patients. Cardiac surgery in patients with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2018-11, Vol.320 (18), p.1939-1940
Main Authors: Wang, Andrew, Gaca, Jeffrey G, Chu, Vivian H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Drug prevention
Drug use
Endocarditis
Endocarditis, Bacterial
Heart surgery
Humans
Injection
Injections
Motivation
Patients
Surgery
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Summary:In reply, injection drug-use-associated infective endocarditis is discussed. Among other things, the intention was to highlight the lack of certainty with respect to the use of surgery and outcomes in the patients. Cardiac surgery in patients with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis has been associated with higher mortality and reoperation in the first 6 months after surgery than patients with infective endocarditis not related to injection drug use.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2018.14075