TY - JOUR T1 - MAnagement of infected cardiac valve prostheses AU - Walker SR, Shumway NE, Merigan TC Y1 - 1969/04/21 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160030105020 JO - JAMA SP - 531 EP - 533 VL - 208 IS - 3 N2 - In three patients with prosthetic valve infections chemotherapy was not successful and valve replacement was required. One patient died suddenly six weeks after valve replacement without preceding fever or congestive heart failure. The other two patients are alive and free of evidence of infection after 26 months and 11 months, respectively. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160030105020 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160030105020 ER -