title: [Surgical treatment of septic endocarditis in drug addicts].
abstract: The clinical picture of endocarditis in addicts is characterized by mainly right-sided localization of the process in the heart, poor auscultatory picture of the heart, pleuro-pulmonary manifestations against the background of a feverish course of the disease. The leading role in diagnosis of infectious endocarditis in addicts should be given to echocardiography. A description of three cases of surgical treatment of infectious endocarditis in addicts is presented.
authors.forename: Iu L
authors.initials: IuL
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Shikhverdiev
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Zhuravlev
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Gridasov
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Matveev
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Khubulava
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Tsvetkova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009294:Narcotics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics
vernacular_title: Khirurgicheskoe lechenie septicheskogo éndokardita u narkomanov.