The opioid epidemic and endocarditis: Frontiers in the management of injection drug use–related endocarditis

Commentary: Collective responsibility in combating injection drug use-related endocarditis

“…The expert opinion by Mori and colleagues 1 describes the hurdles in treating injection drug use-related endocarditis. The disease incidence increases quasi-exponentially, and reflects the path of 3 distinctive opioid epidemics starting in the 1990s.…”

“…Neither surgery nor teamwork alone is sufficient, as pointed out by Mori and colleagues. 1 Teamwork ought to be considered as an initial path to broader social responsibility, 3 which includes shared responsibility after surgery. 6 Surgeons are already deeply involved in selecting different health care options, expenditures, and resources to secure the welfare and economic growth of society.…”