Medical and ethical dilemmas surrounding endocarditis and cardiac valve replacements related to intravenous drug use have been described often. Less well-described are dilemmas associated with pacemaker implantation in such patients. We describe a patient with a substance use disorder for whom a pacemaker was medically indicated.
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