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Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly Volume 31, 2013 - Issue 1
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Effects of Alcohol and Illicit Substance Consumption in Patients with Infective Endocarditis

Teerapat Nantsupawat Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Chikako Ono Cardiology Division, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
,
Elvira Umyarova Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
,
Charoen Mankongpaisarnrung Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Ragesh Panikkath Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
,
Aliakbar Arvandi Cardiology Division, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Alejandro Perez-Verdia Cardiology Division, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Tiffany Bunag School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
&
Gary Meyerrose Cardiology Division, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Pages 150-160 | Published online: 17 Jan 2013
 
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Abstract

Alcohol and illicit drug use seem to compound every aspect of health, with cardiac and infectious complications as no exceptions. Not spared from the influence of alcohol and illicit drug use is the subject of infective endocarditis. This study assesses the prevalence of disease and risk of complications in patients with infective endocarditis who used alcohol, illicit drugs, or illicit drugs and alcohol. Medical records of the patients diagnosed with infective endocarditis were retrospectively reviewed. The study showed no causation between alcohol intake and prevalence of infective endocarditis but demonstrated significant decreased cardiac function, increased vegetation size, and incidence of embolic complications among drug and/or alcohol users compared to nondrug/alcohol users.

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