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ReviewAnnals of cardiothoracic surgery2026

Tricuspid valve endocarditis in people who inject drugs: strategies to reduce mortality and recurrent infection.

Suzanne de Waha, Thilo Noack, Tobias Kister, Steffen Desch, Mateo Marín-Cuartas, Philipp Kiefer, Michael A Borger

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Review in Annals of cardiothoracic surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Suzanne de Waha *Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Thilo Noack *Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Tobias KisterDepartment of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Steffen DeschDepartment of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Mateo Marín-CuartasDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Philipp Kiefer *Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Michael A Borger *Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

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Abstract

Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (TV-IE) in people who inject drugs (PWID) has become an increasingly important clinical and public health concern, driven largely by the expanding opioid epidemic. Although PWID with TV-IE are typically young and often lack major comorbidities, they experience disproportionately high rates of mortality, reinfection, and recurrent hospitalizations. Repeated intravenous injection introduces contaminated particulate matter and pathogens into the venous circulation, promoting microbial adherence to the tricuspid valve, with

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infective endocarditis (IE)intravenous drug use (IVDU)managementpeople who inject drugs (PWID)Tricuspid valve disease

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PMID42292592
PMCPMC13263516

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