Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis of the Mitral Valve With Echocardiographic Appearances Mimicking a Papillary Fibroelastoma in a Middle-Aged Female Patient

Papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) and nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) account for <1% of all cardioembolic strokes. When there is no evidence of infection, and an exophytic valve lesion is seen on echocardiography, PFE may be an initial imaging diagnosis. NBTE, or Libman-Sacks endocarditi...

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Autores principales: Kovacs, Jonathan, Khashan, Abdallah, Kasanga, Sadat, Yousaf, Shakeel, Feingold, Aaron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10182860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37193466
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37540

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10182860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37193466
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37540

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