Atypical Presentation of Marantic Endocarditis

We describe a 39-year-old man referred for surgical aortic valve replacement for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Intraoperative inspection was unexpectedly consistent with marantic endocarditis. Pathology confirmed nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis. We present high-resolution intraoperative,...

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Autores principales: Manian, Nina, Arunachalam, Priya, El Nihum, Lamees Ibrahim, Al Abri, Qasim, Barrios, Roberto, Chamsi-Pasha, Mohammed, Ramchandani, Mahesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9284980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35891698
http://dx.doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1105
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Sumario:We describe a 39-year-old man referred for surgical aortic valve replacement for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Intraoperative inspection was unexpectedly consistent with marantic endocarditis. Pathology confirmed nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis. We present high-resolution intraoperative, diagnostic, and pathology images of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis in a patient with antiphospholipid syndrome with atypical presentation.

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