People diagnosed with cocaine- and opioid-use disorders are more susceptible to developing endocarditis, a condition that damages the lining of the heart valves and chambers, according to research ...

The incidence rate of infective endocarditis – a rare but often fatal inflammation of the heart valves – among patients with cocaine use disorder or opioid use disorder increased from 2011 to 2022, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In nested case-control and self-controlled analyses, researchers evaluated the association between traumatic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data show an acceleration in U.S. deaths due to infective endocarditis among adults aged 25 to 44 years.