nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
- nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
- (NBTE) endocarditis usually occurring in chronic debilitating disease, particularly malignancy; it is characterized by noninfected vegetations composed of fibrin and other blood elements, generally located on the line of closure of the mitral and aortic valves and susceptible to embolization.
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