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In 1806, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart coined the term vegetation to describe collections of debris found on a mitral valve affected by infective endocarditis. [11] The British physician Joseph Hodgson was the first to describe the embolic complications of infective endocarditis in 1815. [ 11 ]
Libman–Sacks endocarditis is a form of non-bacterial endocarditis that is seen in association with systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, and malignancies. It is one of the most common cardiac manifestations of lupus (the most common being pericarditis ).
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is most commonly found on previously undamaged valves. [2] As opposed to infective endocarditis, the vegetations in NBTE are small, sterile, and tend to aggregate along the edges of the valve or the cusps. [2] Also unlike infective endocarditis, NBTE does not cause an inflammation response from the ...
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a form of endocarditis in which small sterile vegetations are deposited on the valve leaflets. Formerly known as marantic endocarditis , which comes from the Greek marantikos , meaning "wasting away". [ 1 ]
396 Diseases of mitral and aortic valves; 397 Diseases of other endocardial structures. 397.0 Diseases of tricuspid valve; 397.1 Rheumatic diseases of pulmonary valve; 397.9 Rheumatic diseases of endocardium, valve unspecified; 398 Other rheumatic heart disease. 398.0 Rheumatic myocarditis; 398.9 Other and unspecified
Subacute bacterial endocarditis; Other names: Endocarditis lenta: Vegetation of tricuspid valve by ECHO: Specialty: Cardiology Symptoms: Malaise, weakness [1] Causes: Streptococcus mutans, mitis, sanguis or milleri bacteria [2] [3] Diagnostic method: Blood culture specimens over 24-hour period/analysis [4] Treatment: Intravenous penicillin [2]
Mitral stenosis is caused largely by rheumatic heart disease, though is rarely the result of calcification. In some cases, vegetations form on the mitral leaflets as a result of endocarditis, an inflammation of the heart tissue. Mitral stenosis is uncommon and not as age-dependent as other types of valvular disease. [1]
Mitral valve prolapse classification. Diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse is based on modern echocardiographic techniques which can pinpoint abnormal leaflet thickening and other related pathology. Echocardiography is the most useful method of diagnosing a prolapsed mitral valve. Two- and three-dimensional echocardiography is particularly ...