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January 1, 1973CirculationOpen Access

Bacterial Endocarditis and Prosthetic Valves

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Patients with valvular heart disease managed with prosthetic valves

Design

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Authors

JEJesse E. EdwardsUniversity of Southern California

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Overview

Underscores ongoing prosthetic valve endocarditis risk; leaves open optimal prevention and treatment strategies.

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Patients with valvular heart disease managed with prosthetic valves

Highlights the clinical challenge of preventing and treating postoperative bacterial endocarditis in patients with prosthetic heart valves.

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Jesse E. Edwards (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83052d687d8bb80798fa30https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.47.1.3
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