Marantic Endocarditis Associated with Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Series

Marantic endocarditis, otherwise known as nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), is a well-documented phenomenon due to hypercoagulability from an underlying cause. It has been associated with a variety of inflammatory states including malignancy. Surprisingly, although hypercoagulability is o...

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Main Authors: Gayle S. Jameson, Ramesh K. Ramanathan, Mitesh J. Borad, Molly Downhour, Ronald Korn, Daniel Von Hoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2009-04-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/207195