NYMC Faculty Publications

Marantic Endocarditis Associated with COVID-19: A Rare Case Report of a Potentially Deadly Disease

Author Type(s)

Faculty

DOI

10.12890/2021_002409

Journal Title

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine

First Page

002409

Last Page

002409

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-19-2021

Department

Medicine

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has overwhelmed healthcare globally with millions of cases and over 2 million deaths worldwide. The hypercoagulable state associated with COVID-19 is a well-recognized complication that carries a poor prognosis. Marantic endocarditis, or non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), is caused by a sterile vegetation on the cardiac valves resulting from the deposition of fibrin and platelet aggregates. It is highly associated with the hypercoagulable and acquired inflammatory states. Herein, we report a unique and rare case of COVID-19 presenting with NBTE.

Learning points: COVID-19 has caused a major global pandemic, with high morbidity and mortality.One of the complications of COVID-19 infection is a hypercoagulable state.To the best of our knowledge, we present only the second case of marantic endocarditis in a patient with COVID-19, in the hope of raising awareness among physicians of this potential rare association.

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