Highlights•Echocardiography remains the initial imaging modality in suspected
endocarditis.•The sensitivity of TTE and TEE for detecting abscesses is 50% and 90 …

Since its first documented case in 1646, the epidemiology of endocarditis has significantly
evolved. In the modern era, endocarditis has been increasingly associated with invasive …

Objective The incidence of intravenous drug–associated tricuspid valve endocarditis in the
United States is rapidly increasing. Our goal was to evaluate the outcomes of isolated …

Background We aimed to quantify incidence and operative risks associated with reoperative
valve surgeries (RVS) in patients with drug-associated infective endocarditis in a multi …

Objectives Tricuspid valve disease is increasingly encountered, but surgery is rarely
performed in isolation, in part because of a reported higher operative risk than other single …

Background To assess early and late mortality in patients with isolated acute tricuspid valve
infective endocarditis (TVIE) using data from a multicenter registry. Methods From 1983 to …

Background Optimal surgical treatment of infective tricuspid valve endocarditis in patients
with intravenous drug use (IVDU) remains controversial. Tricuspid valvectomy has been …

US cardiac surgeons encounter complex decision-making when treating patients with
injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis (IDU-IE). We evaluated surgeons' …

The increase of intravenous drug use has led to an increase in right-sided infective
endocarditis and its complications including septic pulmonary embolism. The objective of …

Introduction: The interest in tricuspid regurgitation (TR) surgical treatment has grown in the
last years, mostly motivated by the trend for early intervention and the development of …