In Plain Sight: The Need for a Dedicated Cardiovascular Infectious Disease Subspecialty

Sami El-Dalati; Molly L Paras; Luke Strnad; Andrew W Harris; John C Gurley; Michael Sekela; Varidhi Nauriyal; James L Januzzi; Doreen DeFaria Yeh; Evin Yucel

doi:10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100748

In Plain Sight: The Need for a Dedicated Cardiovascular Infectious Disease Subspecialty

JACC Adv. 2023 Nov 30;3(1):100748. doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100748. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Sami El-Dalati¹, Molly L Paras², Luke Strnad³, Andrew W Harris⁴, John C Gurley⁵, Michael Sekela⁶, Varidhi Nauriyal⁷, James L Januzzi^{8

9}, Doreen DeFaria Yeh⁸, Evin Yucel⁸

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
⁶ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
⁷ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁸ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Heart Failure and Biomarker Trials, Baim Institute for Clinical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac implantable electronic device; cardiovascular infections; endocarditis; left ventricular assist device; medical education; multidisciplinary teams; substance use disorder.

Publication types

Editorial