Cardiac Surgeons’ Practices and Attitudes toward Addiction Care for Patients with Substance Use Disorders

Rates of injection-drug use associated infective endocarditis (IDU-IE) are rising, and most patients with IDU-IE do not receive addiction care during hospitalization. We sought to characterize cardiac surgeons' practices and attitudes toward patients with IDU-IE due to their integral role treating them.This is a survey of 201 cardiac surgeons in the U.S who were asked about the addiction care they engage for patients with IDU-IE along with...