INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS: AN ASSESSMENT OF LEFT SIDED AND NON-LEFT SIDED DISEASE

Over the last decade, the opioid crisis has led to a significant increase in the rate of infective endocarditis (IE) related to injection drug use (IDU). IDU has traditionally been associated with right sided IE, however, data describing IE in persons who inject drugs (PWID) in the “contemporary