Surgical treatment of patients with infective endocarditis due to drug use: National burden and unique clinical challenges
Presentation: 48:57
Abstract
Outline:
- Global impact of Illicit drug use
- Opioid epidemic in the USA
- Association of illicit drug use to infective endocarditis
- Unique issues related to valve surgery in IDU-IE (medical, surgical, socioeconomic, ethical)
This paper has been withdrawn.