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marantic endocarditis

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marantic endocarditis

[mə′ran·tik ‚en·dō‚kär′dīd·əs]
(medicine)
Nonbacterial thrombic endocarditis, usually associated with neoplasm or other debilitating disease.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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(7,8) It is possible to find cases of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis), and this is present in 3-5% of AIDS patients, mainly in those with wasting syndrome.
Cardiovascular disease in human immunodeficiency virus-infection as a cause of hospitalization: a case-series in a General Hospital in Peru
Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis or marantic endocarditis is a rare cause.
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