This session will discuss the challenges associated with management of prosthetic and native valve endocarditis under the current opioid epidemic.

*Unless otherwise noted, speakers have nothing to disclose.

Moderators

Malakh Shrestha

Presentations:

1. Root Replacement with Homograft for the Treatment of Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis - Arnar Geirsson

2. Aortic Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database - Manuel Caceres Polo

Outcomes for Operative and Non-operative Treatment of Injection Drug Use Infective Endocarditis Managed by a Multidisciplinary Endocarditis Team - Navyatha Mohan

4. National Outcomes of Isolated Tricuspid Valve Replacement in Infective Endocarditis with and without Injection Drug Use - Sri Harsha Patlolla

5. Surgery Versus Endovascular Thrombectomy for the Treatment of Tricuspid Endocarditis - Brian Bateson

6. Opioid Use Disorder Increases Readmissions After Cardiac Surgery: A Call to Action - Krish Dewan