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Long-Term Outcome for the Surgical Treatment of Infective Endocarditis With a Focus on Intravenous Drug Users  David G. Rabkin, MD, Nahush A. Mokadam,

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1 Long-Term Outcome for the Surgical Treatment of Infective Endocarditis With a Focus on Intravenous Drug Users  David G. Rabkin, MD, Nahush A. Mokadam, MD, Donald W. Miller, MD, Raymond R. Goetz, PhD, Edward D. Verrier, MD, Gabriel S. Aldea, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 93, Issue 1, Pages (January 2012) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 (A) Cox regression survival analysis examining the relationship of survival time to intravenous drug user (IVDU) status, (B) Staphylococcus (Staph) infection versus non-Staph infection (patients in whom the responsible organism was not identified in the medical record were excluded from this analysis), and (C) active versus treated infection. Separate survival function curves are presented. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , 51-57DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Cox regression survival analysis examining the relationship of rates of reoperation to intravenous drug user (IVDU) status. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , 51-57DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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