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Severe Fatal Systemic Embolism Due to Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis as the Initial Manifestation of Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), also known as marantic endocarditis, is a rare, underdiagnosed complication of cancer, in the context of a hypercoagulable state. NBTE represents a serious complication due to the high risk of embolisation from the sterile cardiac vegetation...

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Autores principales: Moţăţăianu, Anca, Maier, Smaranda, Gothard, Anita, Bajkó, Zoltán, Bălaşa, Rodica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30581998
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2018-0008