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Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis in a patient with pancreatic carcinoma.

Johannes WildSimon DistelmeierPhilip KeilArndt WeinmannThomas MunzelJulia Weinmann-MenkeDaniel Kraus
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a rare condition that most often accompanies a malignant disease and involves a hypercoagulable state. We report the incidental finding of a rare case of an NBTE affecting the tricuspid valve in a patient with metastatic pancreatic carcinoma complicated by severe venous and arterial thromboembolisms.
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