NONBACTERIAL THROMBOTIC ENDOCARDITIS - A CASE-REPORT DIAGNOSTIC-VALUEOF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
HABIB G COHEN P MILANDRE L GAYRAUD D GIULIANI P HARLE JR SCHEINER C CASALTA JP FERRACCI A LUCCIONI R
Citation
G. Habib et al., NONBACTERIAL THROMBOTIC ENDOCARDITIS - A CASE-REPORT DIAGNOSTIC-VALUEOF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 89(2), 1996, pp. 261-264
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039683
Volume
89
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
261 - 264
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9683(1996)89:2<261:NTE-AC>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Marantic or non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis is a common complica tion of terminal malignancy, usually discovered at autopsy, The author s report a case of marantic endocarditis as a presenting sign of pancr eatic carcinoma in which the diagnosis was made ante-mortem by transoe sophageal echocardiography.