Non-bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis
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Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis.
Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a disease characterised by the presence of vegetations on cardiac valves, which consist of fibrin and platelet aggregates and devoid of inflammation or bacteria. NBTE has increasingly been recognised as a condition associated with numerous diseases and a potentially life-threatening source of thromboembolism. NBTE is not a common entity; however i...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Echocardiography
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1525-2167
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2000.0027