When is enough enough? The dilemma of valve replacement in a recidivist intravenous drug user

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 May;97(5):1486-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.02.010.

Authors

Sarah C Hull¹, Farid Jadbabaie²

Affiliations

¹ Yale School of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.
² Yale School of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, West Haven VA Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address: farid.jadbabaie@yale.edu.

PMID: 24792246
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.02.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel
Decision Making
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / ethics*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / statistics & numerical data
Heroin Dependence / complications
Heroin Dependence / diagnosis
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / ethics
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis
Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery*
Recurrence
Reoperation / ethics
Reoperation / statistics & numerical data
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / diagnosis
Treatment Refusal / ethics*