Marantic endocarditis (a.k.a. non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis or NBTE) occurs from deposition of thrombus and fibrinous material on the heart valves, most commonly the mitral valve.

followed by mitral valve (30%) Healthcare contact is an emerging risk factor for non-HACEK Gram-negative endocarditis. Injection drug use is a relatively infrequent cause of endocarditis in this ...

Having a prosthetic valve is not an absolute indication for surgery; however, when infection reaches a nonbiological surface, it is almost impossible to remove with pharmacologic therapy alone.

A 63-year-old man came to our emergency department with a 2-week history of progressive exercise dyspnea and diastolic murmur of volume 2/6 with the punctum maximum at Erb’s point. Six years ...