nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis


non·bac·te·ri·al throm·bot·ic en·do·car·di·tis

verrucous endocardial lesions occurring in the terminal stages of many chronic infectious and wasting diseases. Synonym(s): abacterial thrombotic endocarditis, cachectic endocarditis, terminal endocarditis, thromboendocarditis

nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis

Abbreviation: NBTE
The presence on the heart valves of vegetations that are produced not by bacteria but by sterile collections of platelets in fibrin. NBTE is characteristically found in severe cases of systemic lupus erythematosus, tuberculosis, or malignancy. The vegetations of NBTE readily embolize, causing infarctions in other organs. Synonym: verrucous endocarditisSee also: endocarditis