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| 10th October, 2005 - 7:24 pm |  AP - Mike Martz is out indefinitely as coach of the St. Louis Rams while he recovers from a bacterial infection near his heart.
Rams president John Shaw said in a statement Monday that Martz would be admitted to a hospital.
``As a result of his condition, he will be unable to perform his head coaching responsibilities for an indefinite period of time,'' Shaw said.
Assistant head coach Joe Vitt will lead the team in Martz's absence.
The announcement came five days after Martz, 54, announced he was being examined for endocarditis, a bacterial infection of the lining of the heart or a heart valve. Martz said at the time that further testing was needed to confirm the ailment, which in some cases can cause require open-heart surgery to correct. [READ] |
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