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=Non-infective conditions=
=Non-infective conditions=
==Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis==
==Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis==
*Abbreviated ''NBTE''.
*[[AKA]] ''marantic endocarditis''.<ref name=pmid15919332>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Borowski | first1 = A. | last2 = Ghodsizad | first2 = A. | last3 = Cohnen | first3 = M. | last4 = Gams | first4 = E. | title = Recurrent embolism in the course of marantic endocarditis. | journal = Ann Thorac Surg | volume = 79 | issue = 6 | pages = 2145-7 | month = Jun | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.024 | PMID = 15919332 }}</ref>
===General===
===General===
*Abbreviated ''NBTE''.
Associations:
*May be associated with catheterization.
*Cardiac catheterization.<ref name=pmid7303049>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Young | first1 = RS. | last2 = Zalneraitis | first2 = EL. | title = Marantic endocarditis in children and young adults: clinical and pathological findings. | journal = Stroke | volume = 12 | issue = 5 | pages = 635-9 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 7303049 }}</ref>
*Embolization.<ref name=pmid15919332/>
*Malignancy - leading cause, usu. adenocarcinoma.<ref name=pmid2012496>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dickens | first1 = P. | last2 = Chan | first2 = AC. | title = Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis in Hong Kong Chinese. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 115 | issue = 4 | pages = 359-61 | month = Apr | year = 1991 | doi =  | PMID = 2012496 }}</ref>
 
Note:
*''Marantic'' = wasting away.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*No inflammation.
*Vegetation without inflammation and microorganisms.
*No organisms.


==Libman-Sacks endocarditis==
==Libman-Sacks endocarditis==