title: [Non bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis). Apropos of a case and value of transoesophageal echocardiography].
abstract: Marantic or non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis is a common complication of terminal malignancy, usually discovered at autopsy. The authors report a case of marantic endocarditis as a presenting sign of pancreatic carcinoma in which the diagnosis was made ante-mortem by transoesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie B, hôpital la Timone, Marseille.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Milandre
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gayraud
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Harlé
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scheiner
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Casalta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferracci
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luccioni
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Endocardite thrombotique abactérienne (endocardite marastique). A propos d'un cas et de l'intérêt de l'échographie transoesophagienne.