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{{SK}} Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Marantic endocarditis, Verrucous endocarditis
{{SK}}: Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Marantic endocarditis, Verrucous endocarditis


==Overview==
==Overview==
'''Libman-Sacks endocarditis''' (LSE) is a form of [[nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis]] that is considered to be the most [[Common-cause and special-cause|common]] [[cardiac]] manifestation seen in [[patients]] with [[lupus erythematosus|systemic lupus erythematosus]]. LSE is a [[Term logic|term]] [[Usage analysis|used]] for [[sterile]] and verrucous [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] around the [[heart valves]] mostly [[Affect|affecting]] the [[Mitral valve|mitral]] and [[aortic]] [[heart valves]] but other [[Valves of the heart|valves]] may also be involved. [[Valvular]] involvement in LSE may [[lead]] to [[Valvular heart disease|valvular]] [[regurgitation]], [[aortic insufficiency]], [[Thromboembolic event|thromboembolic]] [[Cerebrovascular event|cerebrovascular events]], and increased [[RiskMetrics|risk]] of [[infective endocarditis]]. It is also usually [[Association (statistics)|associated]] with the other [[autoimmune diseases]] such as [[antiphospholipid syndrome]] ([[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]]) and some [[malignancies]]. [[Secondary]] [[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]] has a higher [[rate]] of [[cardiac]] involvement as [[Comparability|compared]] to primary [[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]], mostly due to the [[autoimmune]] [[causes]] [[Related changes|related]] to the [[SLE]]. LSE can be [[Complication (medicine)|complicated]] by [[embolic]] [[cerebrovascular disease]], superimposed [[infective endocarditis]], and [[Peripheral Arterial Disease|peripheral]] [[arterial embolism]]. It is also [[Association (statistics)|associated]] with increased [[mortality]], hence, early [[Recognition sequence|recognition]] of LSE and [[Appropriate Use Criteria|appropriate]] [[Treatment groups|treatment]] are of [[Significant figure|significant]] [[Importance sampling|importance]] in [[Prevention (medical)|preventing]] any further [[complications]].
'''Libman-Sacks endocarditis''' (LSE) is a form of [[nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis]] ([[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]]) that is considered to be the most [[Common-cause and special-cause|common]] [[cardiac]] manifestation seen in [[patients]] with [[lupus erythematosus|systemic lupus erythematosus]]. LSE is a [[Term logic|term]] [[Usage analysis|used]] for [[sterile]] and verrucous [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] around the [[heart valves]] mostly [[Affect|affecting]] the [[Mitral valve|mitral]] and [[aortic]] [[heart valves]] but other [[Valves of the heart|valves]] may also be involved. [[Valvular]] involvement in LSE may [[lead]] to [[Valvular heart disease|valvular]] [[regurgitation]], [[aortic insufficiency]], [[Thromboembolic event|thromboembolic]] [[Cerebrovascular event|cerebrovascular events]], and increased [[RiskMetrics|risk]] of [[infective endocarditis]]. It is also usually [[Association (statistics)|associated]] with the other [[autoimmune diseases]] such as [[antiphospholipid syndrome]] ([[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]]) and some [[malignancies]]. [[Secondary]] [[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]] has a higher [[rate]] of [[cardiac]] involvement as [[Comparability|compared]] to primary [[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]], mostly due to the [[autoimmune]] [[causes]] [[Related changes|related]] to the [[SLE]]. LSE can be [[Complication (medicine)|complicated]] by [[embolic]] [[cerebrovascular disease]], superimposed [[infective endocarditis]], and [[Peripheral Arterial Disease|peripheral]] [[arterial embolism]]. It is also [[Association (statistics)|associated]] with increased [[mortality]], hence, early [[Recognition sequence|recognition]] of LSE and [[Appropriate Use Criteria|appropriate]] [[Treatment groups|treatment]] are of [[Significant figure|significant]] [[Importance sampling|importance]] in [[Prevention (medical)|preventing]] any further [[complications]].


==Historical Perspective==
==Historical Perspective==
*In 1924, the two American [[Physician|physicians]] Emanuel Libman, and Benjamin Sacks, working at [[Mount Sinai Hospital, New York]], [[Description logic|described]] the Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] for the first [[Time constant|time]], hence, it's named after them. They first [[Presenting symptom|presented]] the complete [[clinical]] [[Picture thinking|picture]] of it with or without [[skin lesions]] and [[Description logic|described]] it as unusual [[Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis|non-bacterial endocarditis]] with verrucous [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] adherent to the [[endocardium]]. <ref>Libman E, Sacks B: A hitherto undescribed form of valvular and mural endocarditis. Arch Intern Med 1924; 33: 701-37.</ref><ref name="Libman1924">{{cite journal|last1=Libman|first1=Emanuel|title=A HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED FORM OF VALVULAR AND MURAL ENDOCARDITIS|journal=Archives of Internal Medicine|volume=33|issue=6|year=1924|pages=701|issn=0003-9926|doi=10.1001/archinte.1924.00110300044002}}</ref>
*In 1888, Zeigler was the first one to [[Description logic|describe]] [[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]], and called it "thromboendocarditis" at that [[Time constant|time]].
*In 1924, the two American [[Physician|physicians]] Emanuel Libman, and Benjamin Sacks, working at [[Mount Sinai Hospital, New York]], [[Description logic|described]] the Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] for the first [[Time constant|time]], hence, it's named after them. They first [[Presenting symptom|presented]] the complete [[clinical]] [[Picture thinking|picture]] of it with or without [[skin lesions]] and [[Description logic|described]] it as unusual [[Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis|non-bacterial endocarditis]] with verrucous [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] adherent to the [[endocardium]].<ref>Libman E, Sacks B: A hitherto undescribed form of valvular and mural endocarditis. Arch Intern Med 1924; 33: 701-37.</ref><ref name="Libman1924">{{cite journal|last1=Libman|first1=Emanuel|title=A HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED FORM OF VALVULAR AND MURAL ENDOCARDITIS|journal=Archives of Internal Medicine|volume=33|issue=6|year=1924|pages=701|issn=0003-9926|doi=10.1001/archinte.1924.00110300044002}}</ref>
*In 1936, Gross and Friedberg finally coined the [[Term logic|term]] "[[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis]]" ([[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]]) for [[Marantic endocarditis|marantic]]/verrucous [[endocarditis]].
*In 1983, Graham [[Hughes syndrome|Hughes]] [[Description logic|described]] the [[antiphospholipid antibody syndrome]] for the first [[Time series|time]] while [[Working area|working]] as a [[rheumatologist]] at St Thomas [[Hospital]]. He named it [[anticardiolipin syndrome]] (also known as [[Hughes syndrome]] named after him) and [[Description logic|described]] it has the following three [[Characteristic function (probability theory)|characteristics]]:<ref>https://patient.info/doctor/libman-sacks-endocarditis#ref-14</ref>
*In 1983, Graham [[Hughes syndrome|Hughes]] [[Description logic|described]] the [[antiphospholipid antibody syndrome]] for the first [[Time series|time]] while [[Working area|working]] as a [[rheumatologist]] at St Thomas [[Hospital]]. He named it [[anticardiolipin syndrome]] (also known as [[Hughes syndrome]] named after him) and [[Description logic|described]] it has the following three [[Characteristic function (probability theory)|characteristics]]:<ref>https://patient.info/doctor/libman-sacks-endocarditis#ref-14</ref>
**[[Venous]] and/or [[arterial thrombosis]]
**[[Venous]] and/or [[arterial thrombosis]]
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**[[Presenting symptom|Presence]] of [[antiphospholipid antibodies]]
**[[Presenting symptom|Presence]] of [[antiphospholipid antibodies]]
*In 1985, the [[Association (statistics)|association]] between Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] and [[antiphospholipid antibody syndrome]] was noted for the first time.
*In 1985, the [[Association (statistics)|association]] between Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] and [[antiphospholipid antibody syndrome]] was noted for the first time.
*In 1989, four [[Group (sociology)|groups]] highlighted a [[Probability|probable]] role of [[antiphospholipid antibodies]] in the [[pathogenesis]] of [[valvular heart disease]] in [[SLE]] [[patients]].


==Pathophysiology==
==Pathophysiology==
*The vegetations are formed from strands of [[fibrin]], [[neutrophils]], [[lymphocytes]], and [[histiocyte]]s.
===Pathology===
*The [[mitral valve]] is typically affected, and the vegetations occur on the ventricular and atrial surface of the valve.
 
*Libman-Sacks lesions rarely produce significant valve dysfunction and the lesions only rarely embolize.<ref name="pmid31558998">{{cite journal| author=Mohammadi Kebar Y, Avesta L, Habibzadeh A, Hemmati M| title=Libman-Sacks endocarditis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with secondary antiphospholipid syndrome. | journal=Caspian J Intern Med | year= 2019 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 339-342 | pmid=31558998 | doi=10.22088/cjim.10.3.339 | pmc=6729157 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=31558998  }} </ref><ref name="pmid28515823">{{cite journal| author=Murtaza G, Iskandar J, Humphrey T, Adhikari S, Kuruvilla A| title=Lupus-Negative Libman-Sacks Endocarditis Complicated by Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome. | journal=Cardiol Res | year= 2017 | volume= 8 | issue= 2 | pages= 57-62 | pmid=28515823 | doi=10.14740/cr534e | pmc=5421487 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28515823  }} </ref><ref name="pmid20331896">{{cite journal| author=Bouma W, Klinkenberg TJ, van der Horst IC, Wijdh-den Hamer IJ, Erasmus ME, Bijl M et al.| title=Mitral valve surgery for mitral regurgitation caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a report of four cases and a systematic review of the literature. | journal=J Cardiothorac Surg | year= 2010 | volume= 5 | issue=  | pages= 13 | pmid=20331896 | doi=10.1186/1749-8090-5-13 | pmc=2859362 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20331896  }} </ref><ref name="pmid26152222">{{cite journal| author=Bai Z, Hou J, Ren W, Guo Y| title=Diagnosis and surgical treatment for isolated tricuspid Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a rare case report and literatures review. | journal=J Cardiothorac Surg | year= 2015 | volume= 10 | issue=  | pages= 93 | pmid=26152222 | doi=10.1186/s13019-015-0302-1 | pmc=4494164 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26152222  }} </ref><ref name="pmid30422459">{{cite journal| author=| title=StatPearls | journal= | year= 2019 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=30422459 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref><ref name="pmid24925796">{{cite journal| author=Wang Y, Ma C, Yang J, Liu S, Zhang Y, Zhao L et al.| title=Libman-sacks endocarditis exclusively involving the tricuspid valve in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. | journal=J Clin Ultrasound | year= 2015 | volume= 43 | issue= 4 | pages= 265-267 | pmid=24925796 | doi=10.1002/jcu.22180 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24925796 }} </ref><ref name="pmid21404907">{{cite journal| author=Perier P, Jeserich M, Vieth M, Pohle K, Hohenberger W, Diegeler A| title=Mitral valve reconstruction in a patient with Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a case report. | journal=J Heart Valve Dis | year= 2011 | volume= 20 | issue= 1 | pages= 103-6 | pmid=21404907 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21404907 }} </ref><ref name="pmid28054901">{{cite journal| author=Bani Hani A, Abu-Abeeleh M, Al Kharabsheh MM, Qabba'ah L| title=Libman-Sacks Endocarditis with Unusual Large Size Vegetation Involving the Mitral Valve. | journal=Heart Surg Forum | year= 2016 | volume= 19 | issue= 6 | pages= E294-E296 | pmid=28054901 | doi=10.1532/hsf.1612 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28054901  }} </ref>
*The [[pathology]] of Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] is the same as [[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis]] except that focal [[necrosis]] (seen in the form of [[hematoxylin]] [[Body|bodies]]) is only found in Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]].
* Just like [[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]], Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] [[Development (biology)|develops]] due to the [[endothelial]] damage and subsequent [[Exposure effect|exposure]] of the sub-[[endothelial]] [[connective tissue]] to the [[Circulation|circulating]] [[platelets]].
*The factors involved in the [[pathogenesis]] can be [[Division (biology)|divided]] into the ones [[Initiation factors|initiating]] the Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] and the subsequent [[Development (biology)|development]] of [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]].<ref>https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/heartnontumornoninfecendo.html</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Factors responsible for the initiation of Libman-Sacks endocarditis
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Initiation factor}}
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Description}}
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Immune complexes]]'''
|
* Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] is especially a prototype.
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Hypoxia]]'''
|
* It was [[Study arms|studied]] by Nakanishi et al to be one of the factors in a [[rodent]] [[model]].
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Hypercoagulability]]'''
|
* Trousseau was the first one to note the [[Association (statistics)|association]] between [[thrombosis]] and [[malignancy]].
 
*[[Histological]] [[evidence]] of [[disseminated intravascular coagulation]] ([[Disseminated intravascular coagulation|DIC]]) is also found in the 50% of [[patients]] with [[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]].
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Carcinomatosis]]'''
|Following [[carcinomas]] are commonly [[Association (statistics)|associated]] with [[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]] and Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]]:
 
*[[Mucin]] [[Product (biology)|producing]] [[adenocarcinomas]] of:
**[[Gastrointestinal tract|GIT]]
**[[Ovaries]]
**[[Lungs]]
*[[Acute promyelocytic leukemia]]
|}
 
* The [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] in Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] are formed from the strands consisting of the following four components:
**[[Fibrin]]
**[[Neutrophils]]
**[[Lymphocytes]]
**[[Histiocyte]]s
*Most commonly [[Affect|affected]] [[valve]] is the [[mitral valve]] with the [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] involving the [[ventricular]] and [[atrial]] [[Surface area|surface]] of the [[valve]].
*The [[lesions]] of Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] [[Rare|rarely]] [[lead]] to any [[Significant figure|significant]] [[valvular dysfunction]] and they only [[Rare|rarely]] [[Embolisation|embolize]].<ref name="pmid31558998">{{cite journal| author=Mohammadi Kebar Y, Avesta L, Habibzadeh A, Hemmati M| title=Libman-Sacks endocarditis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with secondary antiphospholipid syndrome. | journal=Caspian J Intern Med | year= 2019 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 339-342 | pmid=31558998 | doi=10.22088/cjim.10.3.339 | pmc=6729157 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=31558998  }} </ref><ref name="pmid28515823">{{cite journal| author=Murtaza G, Iskandar J, Humphrey T, Adhikari S, Kuruvilla A| title=Lupus-Negative Libman-Sacks Endocarditis Complicated by Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome. | journal=Cardiol Res | year= 2017 | volume= 8 | issue= 2 | pages= 57-62 | pmid=28515823 | doi=10.14740/cr534e | pmc=5421487 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28515823 }} </ref><ref name="pmid20331896">{{cite journal| author=Bouma W, Klinkenberg TJ, van der Horst IC, Wijdh-den Hamer IJ, Erasmus ME, Bijl M et al.| title=Mitral valve surgery for mitral regurgitation caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a report of four cases and a systematic review of the literature. | journal=J Cardiothorac Surg | year= 2010 | volume= 5 | issue= | pages= 13 | pmid=20331896 | doi=10.1186/1749-8090-5-13 | pmc=2859362 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20331896 }} </ref><ref name="pmid26152222">{{cite journal| author=Bai Z, Hou J, Ren W, Guo Y| title=Diagnosis and surgical treatment for isolated tricuspid Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a rare case report and literatures review. | journal=J Cardiothorac Surg | year= 2015 | volume= 10 | issue= | pages= 93 | pmid=26152222 | doi=10.1186/s13019-015-0302-1 | pmc=4494164 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26152222  }} </ref><ref name="pmid30422459">{{cite journal| author=| title=StatPearls | journal= | year= 2019 | volume=  | issue=  | pages=  | pmid=30422459 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref><ref name="pmid24925796">{{cite journal| author=Wang Y, Ma C, Yang J, Liu S, Zhang Y, Zhao L et al.| title=Libman-sacks endocarditis exclusively involving the tricuspid valve in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. | journal=J Clin Ultrasound | year= 2015 | volume= 43 | issue= 4 | pages= 265-267 | pmid=24925796 | doi=10.1002/jcu.22180 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24925796  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21404907">{{cite journal| author=Perier P, Jeserich M, Vieth M, Pohle K, Hohenberger W, Diegeler A| title=Mitral valve reconstruction in a patient with Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a case report. | journal=J Heart Valve Dis | year= 2011 | volume= 20 | issue= 1 | pages= 103-6 | pmid=21404907 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21404907  }} </ref><ref name="pmid28054901">{{cite journal| author=Bani Hani A, Abu-Abeeleh M, Al Kharabsheh MM, Qabba'ah L| title=Libman-Sacks Endocarditis with Unusual Large Size Vegetation Involving the Mitral Valve. | journal=Heart Surg Forum | year= 2016 | volume= 19 | issue= 6 | pages= E294-E296 | pmid=28054901 | doi=10.1532/hsf.1612 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28054901  }} </ref>
 
===Gross pathology===
 
*[[Vegetation (pathology)|Vegetations]] in Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] have the following [[Typical set|typical]] [[Features (pattern recognition)|features]]:
**Small
**Friable
**[[White (mutation)|White]] or tan [[Mass|masses]]
**< 1 [[Centimeter|cm]] in [[diameter]]
**[[Irregular lesion|Irregular]]
**Broad [[Base|based]]
**Usually involve the [[Line|lines]] along the [[valve]] [[Closure (psychology)|closure]] on leaflets (which may be [[normal]] or previously damaged)
**Vary from tiny [[lesions]] to [[Large-print|large]], exuberant [[Mass|masses]]
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Allen and Sirota macroscopic classification of NBTE
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Type of NBTE}}
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Features}}
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Type 1
|
* Small
* < 3 [[Millimeter|mm]]
* Univerrucal
* Firmly attached to the valve
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Type 2
|
*[[Large-print|Large]]
* > 3 [[Millimeter|mm]]
* Univerrucal
*[[Adhesion|Adherent]] to the [[valve]]
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Type 3
|
* Small
* 1 - 3 [[Millimeter|mm]]
* Multiverrucal
* Friable
|}
 
{|
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[[File:Libman-Sacks-Endocarditis-The-presence-of-vegetations-predisposes-patients-to-bacterial.png|thumb|550px|none|Libman Sacks Endocarditis. The presence of vegetations predisposes patients to bacterial endocarditis. [https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Libman-Sacks-Endocarditis-The-presence-of-vegetations-predisposes-patients-to-bacterial_fig3_221929537 Source: Brigden et al,1960.]]]
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[[File:Libman-sacks-endocarditis.jpg|thumb|250px|none|Libman-Sacks endocarditis. [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/_/viewer.aspx?path=MosbyMD&name=libman-sacks-endocarditis.jpg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com%2FLibman-Sacks%2Bendocarditis Source: Kumar et al, 2010/Courtesy Dr. Fred Schoen, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital]]]
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===Microscopic Pathology===
*[[Vegetation (pathology)|Vegetations]] in Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] consist of [[Degeneration|degenerating]] [[platelets]] interwoven with the [[fibrin strands]] and form a bland, featureless [[eosinophilic]] [[mass]] except for a few trapped [[leukocytes]].
*Following three [[Stages of human development|stages]] have been [[Description logic|described]] in the [[Evolution (disambiguation)|evolution]] of [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] in Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]]:<ref>https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/155230-workup#showall</ref>
 
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|+
Stages of evolution of vegetations in Libman-Sacks endocarditis
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Stage}}
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Description}}
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Stages of human development|Stage]] 1 ([[Active Living|active]] [[verrucae]])
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* Consists of [[fibrin]] clumps on and within the [[valvular]] leaflet [[tissue]] (focally [[necrotic]]), along with [[plasma cells]] and [[lymphocytes]].
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Stages of human development|Stage]] 2 ([[Combination reaction|Combined]] [[Active Living|active]] and [[Healing|healed]] [[lesions]])
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* Contains [[fibrous]], [[Vascularity|vascularized]] [[tissue]] adjacent to [[necrotic]] and [[fibrinous]] [[Area|areas]].
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Stages of human development|Stage]] 3 ([[Healing|Healed]] [[lesions]])
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* Consists of [[dense]], [[fibrous]], and [[Vascularity|vascularized]] [[tissue]].
|}


===Pathology===
{|
*The pathology is the same as nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis except focal necrosis (hematoxylin bodies) can be found only in Libman-Sacks endocarditis.
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[[File:Cr534e-g004.jpg|thumb|200px|none|Pathology slide of mitral valve vegetation. Lots of necrosis: 10 cm circumference vegetation. Mitral valve tissue shows focal necrosis. No bacterial or fungal organisms were present. [https://cardiologyres.org/index.php/Cardiologyres/article/view/551/592 Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA]]]
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[[File:Cr534e-g005.jpg|thumb|200px|none|R lung, high power: emboli and large necrotic infarcted tissue. [https://cardiologyres.org/index.php/Cardiologyres/article/view/551/592 Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA]]]
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[[File:Cr534e-g006.jpg|thumb|200px|none|Low power of the liver: lots of steatosis and congestion, necrosis. [https://cardiologyres.org/index.php/Cardiologyres/article/view/551/592 Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA]]]
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[[File:Cr534e-g007.jpg|thumb|200px|none|High power pathology slide of the liver showing lots of steatosis, congestion, and necrosis. [https://cardiologyres.org/index.php/Cardiologyres/article/view/551/592 Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA]]]
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[[File:Cr534e-g008.jpg|thumb|200px|none|Low power pathology slide of the lung showing emboli and necrotic tissue.[https://cardiologyres.org/index.php/Cardiologyres/article/view/551/592 Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA]]]
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==Epidemiology and Demographics==
==Epidemiology and Demographics==
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*[[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]] is found at higher [[rates]] in [[patients]] with [[adenocarcinoma]] ([[Example 1|e.g]]., [[lung]], [[Colon (anatomy)|colon]], [[ovary]], [[biliary]] and [[prostate]]) (2.7%) as [[Comparability|compared]] to other [[malignancies]] (0.47%), with the highest [[rates]] [[Observation|observed]] in [[patients]] with [[mucin]]-[[Secrete|secreting]] and [[pancreatic adenocarcinoma]] (10%).<ref name="pmid1851590">{{cite journal| author=González Quintela A, Candela MJ, Vidal C, Román J, Aramburo P| title=Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis in cancer patients. | journal=Acta Cardiol | year= 1991 | volume= 46 | issue= 1 | pages= 1-9 | pmid=1851590 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1851590  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15919332">{{cite journal| author=Borowski A, Ghodsizad A, Cohnen M, Gams E| title=Recurrent embolism in the course of marantic endocarditis. | journal=Ann Thorac Surg | year= 2005 | volume= 79 | issue= 6 | pages= 2145-7 | pmid=15919332 | doi=10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.024 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15919332  }} </ref>
*[[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]] is found at higher [[rates]] in [[patients]] with [[adenocarcinoma]] ([[Example 1|e.g]]., [[lung]], [[Colon (anatomy)|colon]], [[ovary]], [[biliary]] and [[prostate]]) (2.7%) as [[Comparability|compared]] to other [[malignancies]] (0.47%), with the highest [[rates]] [[Observation|observed]] in [[patients]] with [[mucin]]-[[Secrete|secreting]] and [[pancreatic adenocarcinoma]] (10%).<ref name="pmid1851590">{{cite journal| author=González Quintela A, Candela MJ, Vidal C, Román J, Aramburo P| title=Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis in cancer patients. | journal=Acta Cardiol | year= 1991 | volume= 46 | issue= 1 | pages= 1-9 | pmid=1851590 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1851590  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15919332">{{cite journal| author=Borowski A, Ghodsizad A, Cohnen M, Gams E| title=Recurrent embolism in the course of marantic endocarditis. | journal=Ann Thorac Surg | year= 2005 | volume= 79 | issue= 6 | pages= 2145-7 | pmid=15919332 | doi=10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.024 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15919332  }} </ref>
*[[Observational studies]] in [[patients]] with [[systemic lupus erythematosus]] have [[Reporting results|reported]] 6% to 11% [[prevalence]] [[rates]] with [[transthoracic echocardiography]], with higher [[rates]] (43%) [[Observation|observed]] with more [[Sensitivity|sensitive]] [[Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)|transesophageal echocardiography]].<ref name="pmid8875919">{{cite journal| author=Roldan CA, Shively BK, Crawford MH| title=An echocardiographic study of valvular heart disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1996 | volume= 335 | issue= 19 | pages= 1424-30 | pmid=8875919 | doi=10.1056/NEJM199611073351903 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8875919  }} </ref><ref name="pmid18085739">{{cite journal| author=Roldan CA, Qualls CR, Sopko KS, Sibbitt WL| title=Transthoracic versus transesophageal echocardiography for detection of Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a randomized controlled study. | journal=J Rheumatol | year= 2008 | volume= 35 | issue= 2 | pages= 224-9 | pmid=18085739 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18085739  }} </ref>
*[[Observational studies]] in [[patients]] with [[systemic lupus erythematosus]] have [[Reporting results|reported]] 6% to 11% [[prevalence]] [[rates]] with [[transthoracic echocardiography]], with higher [[rates]] (43%) [[Observation|observed]] with more [[Sensitivity|sensitive]] [[Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)|transesophageal echocardiography]].<ref name="pmid8875919">{{cite journal| author=Roldan CA, Shively BK, Crawford MH| title=An echocardiographic study of valvular heart disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1996 | volume= 335 | issue= 19 | pages= 1424-30 | pmid=8875919 | doi=10.1056/NEJM199611073351903 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8875919  }} </ref><ref name="pmid18085739">{{cite journal| author=Roldan CA, Qualls CR, Sopko KS, Sibbitt WL| title=Transthoracic versus transesophageal echocardiography for detection of Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a randomized controlled study. | journal=J Rheumatol | year= 2008 | volume= 35 | issue= 2 | pages= 224-9 | pmid=18085739 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18085739  }} </ref>
==Risk Factors==
*Following table shows important [[risk factors]] for the [[Development (biology)|development]] of Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Risk factors for the development of Libman-Sacks endocarditis
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Risk factor}}
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Details}}
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Advanced [[Stages of human development|stage]] [[malignancy]]
|Advanced [[Stages of human development|stage]] [[malignancies]] such as:
*[[Solid]] [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]] [[malignancy]]
*[[Hematological malignancy]]
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Chronic (medicine)|Chronic]] [[diseases]]
|[[Chronic (medicine)|Chronic]] [[diseases]] such as:
*[[Tuberculosis]]
*[[AIDS]]
*[[Uremia]]
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Connective tissue disorders]] with [[hypercoagulable state]]
|
*[[SLE]] [[patients]] who are [[positive]] for [[antiphospholipid antibodies]].
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Trauma]]
|[[Trauma]] due to:
* Indwelling [[pulmonary]] [[catheter]]
*[[Central venous catheter]]
*[[Late effect]] of [[radiation therapy]]
*[[Snake bite]]
|}


==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis==
==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis==
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*It is difficult to [[Prediction|predict]] the [[Underlying representation|underlying]] [[etiology]] in case of a [[stroke]] occurrence in LSE, whether it is due to [[Systemic embolization|systemic emboli]] or the [[Underlying representation|underlying]] [[pathology]] of [[SLE]] or [[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]].
*It is difficult to [[Prediction|predict]] the [[Underlying representation|underlying]] [[etiology]] in case of a [[stroke]] occurrence in LSE, whether it is due to [[Systemic embolization|systemic emboli]] or the [[Underlying representation|underlying]] [[pathology]] of [[SLE]] or [[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]].
*[[Valvular disease]] in LSE can [[lead]] to the [[heart failure]].
*[[Valvular disease]] in LSE can [[lead]] to the [[heart failure]].
*Double-[[Valvular heart disease|valve]] Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] involving both [[Mitral valve|mitral]] and [[aortic valves]] can [[lead]] to [[ventricular fibrillation]] and [[cardiac arrest]].<ref name="pmid21720477">{{cite journal| author=Tanawuttiwat T, Dia M, Hanif T, Mihailescu M| title=Double-valve Libman-Sacks endocarditis causing ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. | journal=Tex Heart Inst J | year= 2011 | volume= 38 | issue= 3 | pages= 295-7 | pmid=21720477 | doi= | pmc=3113142 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21720477  }} </ref>
*There's 1% to 2% [[chance]] of [[congenital heart block]] (usually [[Complete heart block|complete]],or [[First degree heart block|1st]] or [[2nd degree heart block|2nd degree]]) in a [[baby]] of mother with [[SLE]] [[Association (statistics)|associated]] with anti-Ro/SS-A ([[Sjögren's syndrome]] [[antigen]] A) [[autoantibodies]] with a 16% [[Recurrence plot|recurrence]] [[rate]]. [[Fluorinated]] [[steroids]] that do not cross the [[placenta]] may be beneficial in [[Prevention|preventing]] the [[congenital heart block]].
*There's 1% to 2% [[chance]] of [[congenital heart block]] (usually [[Complete heart block|complete]],or [[First degree heart block|1st]] or [[2nd degree heart block|2nd degree]]) in a [[baby]] of mother with [[SLE]] [[Association (statistics)|associated]] with anti-Ro/SS-A ([[Sjögren's syndrome]] [[antigen]] A) [[autoantibodies]] with a 16% [[Recurrence plot|recurrence]] [[rate]]. [[Fluorinated]] [[steroids]] that do not cross the [[placenta]] may be beneficial in [[Prevention|preventing]] the [[congenital heart block]].


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**[[Chronic (medicine)|Chronic]] [[glucocorticoids]] [[Usage analysis|use]]
**[[Chronic (medicine)|Chronic]] [[glucocorticoids]] [[Usage analysis|use]]


==History and symptoms==
==Diagnosis==
*[[Diagnosis]] of Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] requires a high [[Degree (angle)|degree]] of [[clinical]] suspicion especially in [[patients]] who don't [[Improving agent|improve]] [[Clinical|clinically]] after being [[Treatment Planning|treated]] for [[infective endocarditis]].<ref name="pmid18421506">{{cite journal| author=Ménard GE| title=Establishing the diagnosis of Libman-Sacks endocarditis in systemic lupus erythematosus. | journal=J Gen Intern Med | year= 2008 | volume= 23 | issue= 6 | pages= 883-6 | pmid=18421506 | doi=10.1007/s11606-008-0627-8 | pmc=2517866 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18421506  }} </ref>
*Mckay and Wahler [[Proposition|proposed]] the following [[Triad (anatomy)|triad]] for the [[diagnosis]] of [[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]]:
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+
| colspan="2" style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Mckay and Wahler triad for diagnosis of NBTE}}
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |1:
|
*[[Presenting symptom|Presence]] of a [[disease]] [[Process (anatomy)|process]] known to be [[Association (statistics)|associated]] with [[Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis|NBTE]]
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |2:
|
*[[Presenting symptom|Presence]] of [[heart murmur]]
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |3:
|
*[[Evidence]] of multiple [[Systemic embolization|systemic emboli]]
|}
 
==History and Symptoms==
*Mostly [[patients]] with Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] are [[asymptomatic]].
*Mostly [[patients]] with Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] are [[asymptomatic]].
*There may be the [[Features (pattern recognition)|features]] of [[valvular disease]] if [[valves]] are severely [[Affect|affected]] with the [[mitral valve disease]] being more common than the [[aortic valve disease]].
*There may be the [[Features (pattern recognition)|features]] of [[valvular disease]] if [[valves]] are severely [[Affect|affected]] with the [[mitral valve disease]] being more common than the [[aortic valve disease]].
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*The [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] in Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] are mostly [[sterile]] but [[secondary]] [[infective endocarditis]] can also occur.
*The [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] in Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] are mostly [[sterile]] but [[secondary]] [[infective endocarditis]] can also occur.
*There may or may not be the [[Typical set|typical]] [[SLE]] [[Features (pattern recognition)|features]] with the [[Characteristic impedance|characteristic]] [[butterfly rash]], [[fever]], and [[arthritis]] or the [[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]] [[Features (pattern recognition)|features]], including [[Recurrence plot|recurrent]] [[miscarriages]].
*There may or may not be the [[Typical set|typical]] [[SLE]] [[Features (pattern recognition)|features]] with the [[Characteristic impedance|characteristic]] [[butterfly rash]], [[fever]], and [[arthritis]] or the [[Antiphospholipid syndrome|APS]] [[Features (pattern recognition)|features]], including [[Recurrence plot|recurrent]] [[miscarriages]].
{| class="wikitable"
|+Common manifestations of patients with Libman-Sacks endocarditis
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Manifestation}}
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Description}}
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Heart failure]]
|[[Heart failure]] can occur [[secondary]] to the [[valvular dysfunction]] (most commonly [[mitral regurgitation]]), [[Lead|leading]] to the following [[Signs and Symptoms|signs and symptoms]]:
*[[Dyspnea]]
*[[Orthopnea]]
*[[Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea]]
*[[Peripheral edema]]
*[[Lethargy]]
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Cerebrovascular disease|Cerebrovascular]] [[embolism]]<ref name="pmid24029368">{{cite journal| author=Roldan CA, Sibbitt WL, Qualls CR, Jung RE, Greene ER, Gasparovic CM | display-authors=etal| title=Libman-Sacks endocarditis and embolic cerebrovascular disease. | journal=JACC Cardiovasc Imaging | year= 2013 | volume= 6 | issue= 9 | pages= 973-83 | pmid=24029368 | doi=10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.04.012 | pmc=3941465 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24029368  }} </ref>
|[[Cerebrovascular disease|Cerebrovascular]] [[embolism]] can [[Presenting symptom|present]] as any of the following:
* Focal [[Weakness (medical)|weakness]]
* Focal [[numbness]]
*[[Memory loss]]
*[[Vision loss]]
*[[Dysphagia]]
*[[Dysphasia]]
*[[Dysarthria]]
*[[Seizures]]
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Systemic]] [[thromboembolism]]
|[[Systemic]] [[thromboembolism]] can [[Causes|cause]] any of the following:
*[[Pain]]
*[[Periphery|Peripheral]] [[Cold|coldness]]
*[[Periphery|Peripheral]] [[numbness]]
*[[Acute (medicine)|Acute]] [[abdominal]] [[syndromes]] [[Causes|causing]]:
**[[Abdominal pain]]
**[[Vomiting]]
**[[Left upper quadrant abdominal pain|Left upper quadrant pain]] (due to [[splenic infarct]] from [[embolization]])
**[[Flank pain]] ( due to [[embolus to the kidney]])
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Secondary]] [[infective endocarditis]]
|[[Secondary]] [[infective endocarditis]] can [[Presenting symptom|present]] as:
*[[Fever]]
*[[Night sweats]]
*[[Weight loss]]
*[[Lethargy]]
*[[Chest pain]]
|}
==Physical Examination==
==Physical Examination==
*A [[patient]] of Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] can [[Presenting symptom|present]] with any of the following [[Signs and Symptoms|signs and symptoms]]:
*A [[patient]] of Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] can [[Presenting symptom|present]] with any of the [[Signs and Symptoms|signs and symptoms]] shown in the following table:
**[[Left ventricular hypertrophy]] [[Causality|causing]] [[displacement]] of the [[apex beat]]
 
**[[Congestive heart failure]] [[Physical examination|physical exam]] findings
{| class="wikitable"
**[[Infective endocarditis]] findings
|+Physical examination findings in a patient of Libman-Sacks endocarditis
**[[Mitral valve disease]] findings
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Pathology}}
**[[Aortic valve disease]] findings
!style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Physical examination finding}}
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Left ventricular hypertrophy]]<ref>https://www.medscape.com/answers/241381-7641/what-are-signs-of-left-ventricular-hypertrophy-lvh-in-cardiac-exam-of-hypertension-high-blood-pressure</ref><ref name="pmid11499746">{{cite journal| author=Okin PM, Devereux RB, Nieminen MS, Jern S, Oikarinen L, Viitasalo M | display-authors=etal| title=Relationship of the electrocardiographic strain pattern to left ventricular structure and function in hypertensive patients: the LIFE study. Losartan Intervention For End point. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2001 | volume= 38 | issue= 2 | pages= 514-20 | pmid=11499746 | doi=10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01378-x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11499746  }} </ref><ref name="pmid4227953">{{cite journal| author=Pinto IJ, Nanda NC, Biswas AK, Parulkar VG| title=Tall upright T waves in the precordial leads. | journal=Circulation | year= 1967 | volume= 36 | issue= 5 | pages= 708-16 | pmid=4227953 | doi=10.1161/01.cir.36.5.708 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=4227953  }} </ref><ref name="pmid12392827">{{cite journal| author=Okin PM, Devereux RB, Fabsitz RR, Lee ET, Galloway JM, Howard BV | display-authors=etal| title=Quantitative assessment of electrocardiographic strain predicts increased left ventricular mass: the Strong Heart Study. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2002 | volume= 40 | issue= 8 | pages= 1395-400 | pmid=12392827 | doi=10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02171-x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12392827  }} </ref><ref name="pmid25170097">{{cite journal| author=Shah AS, Chin CW, Vassiliou V, Cowell SJ, Doris M, Kwok TC | display-authors=etal| title=Left ventricular hypertrophy with strain and aortic stenosis. | journal=Circulation | year= 2014 | volume= 130 | issue= 18 | pages= 1607-16 | pmid=25170097 | doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.011085 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25170097  }} </ref><ref name="pmid11078306">{{cite journal| author=Mehta A, Jain AC, Mehta MC, Billie M| title=Usefulness of left atrial abnormality for predicting left ventricular hypertrophy in the presence of left bundle branch block. | journal=Am J Cardiol | year= 2000 | volume= 85 | issue= 3 | pages= 354-9 | pmid=11078306 | doi=10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00746-8 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11078306  }} </ref>
|[[Left ventricular hypertrophy|LVH]] can [[Presenting symptom|present]] as any of the following:
 
*[[Displacement]] of [[apex beat]]
*[[Enlarged left ventricle|Enlarged]] and [[Sustained release|sustained]] [[apical impulse]]
*[[S4|S<sub>4</sub>]]
*[[S2|S<sub>2</sub>]] (due to [[aortic root]] [[dilatation]])
*[[ECG]] findings of [[Left ventricular hypertrophy|LVH]] include:
**Increased [[QRS axis and voltage|QRS voltage]]
**Increased [[QRS duration]] ([[Wide QRS complex tachycardias|widened QRS]] [[Association (statistics)|associated]] with complete or incomplete [[Left bundle branch block|LBBB]])
**[[Left axis deviation]] ([[Horizontal correlation|horizontal]]/frankly leftward (≥-30º) [[QRS axis]] in the [[frontal plane]] [[Lead|leads]] or [[normal]]/[[Vertical direction|vertical]] [[axis]])
**[[Right axis deviation]]
**[[Repolarization]] [[abnormalities]] such as [[ST depression|ST depressions]] and [[T wave inversions]] in [[Lead|leads]] with [[Relatively compact|relatively]] [[Taller than average|tall]] [[R waves]] (referred to as '''[[Left ventricle|LV]] "[[Strain (biology)|strain]]" [[pattern]]''' or '''"[[Left ventricular hypertrophy|LVH]] with [[Association (statistics)|associated]] [[ST]]-[[T wave]] [[abnormalities]]"''')
**Prominent '''[[positive]]''' [[T waves]] in the [[lateral]] [[chest]] [[Lead|leads]]
**[[Left atrial]] [[Abnormality (behavior)|abnormality]] has the following two important major [[Presenting symptom|presentations]]:
***Increased duration of [[P waves]] (≥120 [[Millisecond|milliseconds]]) in the [[limb leads]]
***[[Biphasic]] [[P waves]] with a prominent negative (terminal) component (≥40 [[Millisecond|milliseconds]] in duration and/or ≥1 mV in depth) in [[V1-morph|V1]]
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Congestive heart failure]]
|[[Physical examination]] findings of [[CHF]] include:
 
*[[Dyspnea]]
*[[Orthopnea]]
*[[Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea]]
*[[Peripheral edema]]
*[[Lethargy]]
*[[Rales]] on [[lung examination]]
|-
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Infective endocarditis]] ([[IE]])<ref>https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/216650-clinical</ref><ref name="pmid29238103">{{cite journal| author=Jingushi N, Iwata M, Terasawa T| title=Clinical features of patients with infective endocarditis presenting to the emergency department: a retrospective case series. | journal=Nagoya J Med Sci | year= 2017 | volume= 79 | issue= 4 | pages= 467-476 | pmid=29238103 | doi=10.18999/nagjms.79.4.467 | pmc=5719206 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29238103  }} </ref><ref name="pmid23574121">{{cite journal| author=Hoen B, Duval X| title=Clinical practice. Infective endocarditis. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2013 | volume= 368 | issue= 15 | pages= 1425-33 | pmid=23574121 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcp1206782 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23574121  }} </ref><ref name="pmid26341945">{{cite journal| author=Cahill TJ, Prendergast BD| title=Infective endocarditis. | journal=Lancet | year= 2016 | volume= 387 | issue= 10021 | pages= 882-93 | pmid=26341945 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00067-7 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26341945  }} </ref>
|[[Infective endocarditis|IE]] can [[Presenting symptom|present]] as:
 
*[[Fever]]
*[[Rigors]]
*[[Night sweats]]
*[[Headache]]
*[[Myalgias]]
*[[Anorexia]]
*[[Malaise]]
*[[Shortness of breath]]
*[[Cough]]
*[[Joint pains]]
*[[Presenting symptom|Presence]] of a [[new]] or [[Change detection|changing]] [[heart murmur]] in 80% to 85% of [[patients]] (due to  [[aortic insufficiency]], [[tricuspid regurgitation]] or [[mitral regurgitation]])
*[[Widened pulse pressure]] (due to [[aortic insufficiency]])
*[[Petechiae]] (10% to 40% of [[patients]])
*[[Osler's nodes]] (7% to 10% of [[patients]])
*[[Janeway lesions]] (6% to 10% of [[patients]])
*[[Splinter hemorrhages]] (5% to 15% of [[patients]])
*[[Evidence]] of [[embolization]]
*[[Conjunctival hemorrhage]]
*[[Roth's spot|Roth's spots]] in [[retina]]
*Poor [[oral hygiene]]
*[[Teeth]] might have [[periodontitis]], [[plaque]] or [[calculus]]
*[[Gingivitis]]
*[[Splenomegaly]] (15% to 30% [[patients]])
*[[Left upper quadrant abdominal pain|Left upper quadrant pain]] (due to [[splenic infarct]] from [[embolization]])
*[[Flank pain]] (due to [[embolus to the kidney]])
*[[Stroke]] and [[Focal neurologic signs|focal neurologic findings]] (due to [[septic emboli]])
*[[Seizures]]
*[[Intracranial hemorrhage]]
*[[Signs]] of a [[brain abscess]]
*[[Gangrene]] of [[fingers]]
*[[Back pain]] (due to [[vertebral osteomyelitis]])
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Mitral valve disease]]<ref name="HojnikGeorge1996">{{cite journal|last1=Hojnik|first1=Maja|last2=George|first2=Jacob|last3=Ziporen|first3=Lea|last4=Shoenfeld|first4=Yehuda|title=Heart Valve Involvement (Libman-Sacks Endocarditis) in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome|journal=Circulation|volume=93|issue=8|year=1996|pages=1579–1587|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/01.CIR.93.8.1579}}</ref>
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* High-[[Pitch|pitched]] “blowing” [[holosystolic murmur]] of '''[[mitral regurgitation]]''' (more common) which is best [[Hearing|heard]] at the [[apex of the heart]] with the [[patient]] in left [[lateral]] [[decubitus]] [[Position effect|position]].
 
* Mid-[[diastolic]], rumbling [[Heart murmur|murmur]] of '''[[mitral stenosis]] ('''with or without an [[Austin Flint murmur]]).
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Aortic valve disease]]
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*[[Early diastolic murmur]] of [[Aortic regurgitation|'''aortic''' '''regurgitation''']]
*[[Widened pulse pressure]] due to [[aortic insufficiency]]
* Bobbing of the [[uvula]] ([[new]]-onset [[aortic regurgitation]])
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*[[Holosystolic murmur]] of [[Tricuspid regurgitation|'''tricuspid''' '''regurgitation''']]
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==Laboratory findings==
==Laboratory Findings==
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![[Laboratory]] [[test]] findings
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|[[Blood culture]]
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* It is important to rule out coexisting infective endocarditis by taking blood cultures.
* It is important to rule out the coexisting [[infective endocarditis]] and other [[infectious]] [[etiologies]] by taking multiple [[blood cultures]].
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|[[SLE]] [[Investigational product|investigations]]
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(Immunological assays)
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* Investigations for SLE are positive including:
*[[Investigational product|Investigations]] for [[SLE]] are [[positive]] including:
** Antinuclear antibodies (SLE screening)
**[[Antinuclear antibodies]] ([[SLE]] [[Screening test|screening]])
**Anti-dsDNA antibodies (SLE confirmation and to monitor the progress of disease and lupus nephritis)
**[[Anti-dsDNA antbodies|Anti-dsDNA antibodies]] ([[SLE]] [[Confirmatory factor analysis|confirmation]] and to [[Monitor role|monitor]] the progress of [[disease]] and [[lupus nephritis]])
** Anti-Smith antibodies
** Anti-Smith [[antibodies]]
**Anti-RNP
**Anti-RNP
** Antiphospholipid antibodies
**[[Antiphospholipid antibodies]]
** Anticardiolipin antibodies (associated with increased risk of cardiac abnormalities)
**[[Anticardiolipin antibodies]] ([[Association (statistics)|associated]] with an increased [[RiskMetrics|risk]] of [[cardiac]] [[abnormalities]])
**Anti-Ro/SSA
**Anti-Ro/SSA
**Anti-La/SSB
**Anti-La/SSB
** False-positive serology in the form of VDRL is also common in SLE
**[[False-positive test result|False-positive]] [[serology]] in the form of [[Venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) test|VDRL]] is also common in [[SLE]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Complete blood count|CBC]]
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*[[Complete blood count|CBC]] may show:
**[[Neutrophilia]]
**[[Anemia]]
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|[[Complete blood count|CBC]]
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* CBC may show:
*[[Prothrombin time (PT)|Prothrombin time]]
** Neutrophilia
*[[Partial thromboplastin time]]
** Anemia
*[[Fibrinogen]]
*[[Thrombin time]]
*[[D dimer|D-dimer]]
*[[Cross-linked enzyme aggregate|Cross-linked]] [[fibrin degradation products]]
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Polymerase chain reaction]] ([[Polymerase chain reaction|PCR]])
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*[[Polymerase chain reaction|PCR]] is a rapid and [[Reliability (statistics)|reliable]] [[Method of Factors|method]] to [[Detection theory|detect]] the [[culture-negative endocarditis]] by fastidious [[organisms]].
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==Imaging findings==
==Imaging Findings==
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!Imagining Findings
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|Echocardiography
|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Echocardiography]]<ref name="pmid25807885">{{cite journal| author=Roldan CA, Tolstrup K, Macias L, Qualls CR, Maynard D, Charlton G | display-authors=etal| title=Libman-Sacks Endocarditis: Detection, Characterization, and Clinical Correlates by Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography. | journal=J Am Soc Echocardiogr | year= 2015 | volume= 28 | issue= 7 | pages= 770-9 | pmid=25807885 | doi=10.1016/j.echo.2015.02.011 | pmc=4592775 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25807885  }} </ref><ref name="pmid18085739">{{cite journal| author=Roldan CA, Qualls CR, Sopko KS, Sibbitt WL| title=Transthoracic versus transesophageal echocardiography for detection of Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a randomized controlled study. | journal=J Rheumatol | year= 2008 | volume= 35 | issue= 2 | pages= 224-9 | pmid=18085739 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18085739  }} </ref><ref name="pmid19763069">{{cite journal| author=Roldan CA| title=Diagnostic value of transesophageal echocardiography in Libman-Sacks endocarditis. | journal=Minerva Cardioangiol | year= 2009 | volume= 57 | issue= 4 | pages= 467-81 | pmid=19763069 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19763069  }} </ref>
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*Echocardiography should be employed, although not all lesions will be detected.
*[[Echocardiography]] is the key [[diagnostic test]] for Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] (although it doesn't [[Detection theory|detect]] all the [[lesions]]).
*Results with transoesophageal echo are superior but it is an invasive procedure.
*[[Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)|Transesophageal echocardiography]] is [[superior]] to [[transthoracic echocardiography]] but it is an [[invasive]] [[procedure]].
*As it is commonly complicated with embolic cerebrovascular disease. Thus, accurate detection of Libman-Sacks vegetations may lead to early therapy and prevention of their associated complications. Although two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (2D-TEE) has high diagnostic value for detection of Libman-Sacks vegetations, three-dimensional TEE (3D-TEE) may allow improved detection, characterization, and clinical correlations of Libman-Sacks vegetations. 3D-TEE provides clinically relevant additive information that complements 2D-TEE for the detection, characterization, and association with cerebrovascular disease of Libman-Sacks endocarditis.<ref name="pmid25807885">{{cite journal| author=Roldan CA, Tolstrup K, Macias L, Qualls CR, Maynard D, Charlton G | display-authors=etal| title=Libman-Sacks Endocarditis: Detection, Characterization, and Clinical Correlates by Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography. | journal=J Am Soc Echocardiogr | year= 2015 | volume= 28 | issue= 7 | pages= 770-9 | pmid=25807885 | doi=10.1016/j.echo.2015.02.011 | pmc=4592775 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25807885  }} </ref>
*As Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] is commonly [[Complication (medicine)|complicated]] by [[embolic]] [[cerebrovascular disease]], hence, [[Accuracy|accurate]] [[Detection theory|detection]] of its [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]] may [[lead]] to early [[therapy]] and [[prevention]] of the [[Association (statistics)|associated]] [[complications]].
*Although the [[Two-dimensional echocardiography|two-dimensional]] [[Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)|transesophageal echocardiography]] ([[2D echocardiography|2D-TEE]]) has a higher [[diagnostic]] [[Value (mathematics)|value]] for the [[Detection theory|detection]] of Libman-Sacks [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]], but the three-[[Dimensional analysis|dimensional]] [[Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)|TEE]] (3D-[[Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)|TEE]]) has the following benefits over [[Two dimensional echocardiography|2D-TEE]]:
**Improved [[Detection theory|detection]]
**Improved [[Characterization (mathematics)|characterization]]
**Improved [[clinical]] [[Correlation|correlations]] of Libman-Sacks [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]]
**Provides [[Clinical|clinically]] [[Relevance|relevant]] [[Addition reaction|additive]] [[Information science|information]] [[Complement|complementing]] the [[Two dimensional echocardiography|2D-TEE]] for the [[Characterization (mathematics)|characterization]], [[Detection theory|detection]], and [[Association (statistics)|association]] with the [[cerebrovascular disease]] of Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]].
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[[File:Cr534e-g002.jpg|thumb|400px|none|2D transesophageal ultrasound. Image on the left shows a thickened mitral valve with a 1 cm vegetation that can be seen on the anterior mitral leaflet. Image on the right is a four-chamber color flow Doppler view showing biventricular dilatation, severe left ventricular dysfunction. For orientation purposes, left ventricle is the bottom right chamber. Video of both views is attached as a supplementary file. [https://cardiologyres.org/index.php/Cardiologyres/article/view/551/592 Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA]]]
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*[[Chest X-ray|CXR]] may show any of the following findings:
**[[Cardiomegaly]]
**[[Pulmonary congestion]] (in case of severe [[disease]])
**[[Calcification]] of the [[lesions]] (uncommon)
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* According to the ongoing [[current]] [[Study arms|studies]], [[4D]]-[[flow]] [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] [[imaging]] is considered as a promising useful [[Noninvasive test|noninvasive tool]] [[Comparability|compared]] to the [[Traditional medicine|traditional]] [[Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)|TEE]] for evaluating the following:
**[[Abnormal]] [[flow]] [[Pattern|patterns]]
**[[Ventricular]] [[Dimension|dimensions]]
**[[Stroke volume]]
**[[Region of interest|Regional]] [[myocardial]] [[Function (biology)|function]]
 
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[[File:Cr534e-g003.jpg|thumb|400px|none|MRI of the brain. Images on the top show increased signal on diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) throughout the bilateral frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes. Images on the bottom show a corresponding decreased signal intensity on apparent diffusion coefficient that is consistent with acute abnormal restricted diffusion. These findings suggest new/ongoing acute infarcts.[https://cardiologyres.org/index.php/Cardiologyres/article/view/551/592 Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA]]]
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|Chest X-Ray
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* In [[patients]] with [[Cerebrovascular disease|cerebrovascular]] [[emboli]], [[CT scan]] of the [[head]] without [[contrast]] may show extensive multifocal hypoattenuating [[Area|areas]] in the involved [[Region of interest|region]] as shown in the [[image]] below:
 
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[[File:Cr534e-g001.jpg|thumb|250px|none|CT of head without contrast showing extensive multifocal areas of hypoattentuation throughout the bilateral frontal, parietal, occipital, and right > left temporal lobes. No mass effect or midline shift or hemorrhage was seen.[https://cardiologyres.org/index.php/Cardiologyres/article/view/551/592 Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA]]]
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*CXR may show cardiomegaly and pulmonary congestion if the disease is severe.
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*Calcification of lesions is uncommon.
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==Other Diagnostic studies==
==Other Diagnostic Studies==
===Cardiac Catheterization===
===Cardiac Catheterization===
*If valvular disease seems severe then cardiac catheterization may be required with a view to valve replacement.
*In case of severe [[valvular disease]], [[cardiac catheterization]] may be required with a view to [[valve replacement]].
 
==Treatment==
==Treatment==
*There is no specific treatment for Libman-Sacks endocarditis.
*There is no [[Specific activity|specific]] [[Treatment Planning|treatment]] for Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]].
*Steroids and immunosuppressive agents are useful in the treatment of the underlying disease but there is some controversy about their role in the pathogenesis of vegetations:
*[[Treatment Planning|Treatment]] of LSE is quite difficult with the [[Main effect|main]] [[Focusing|focus]] being on the [[Correction (newspaper)|correction]] of the [[Underlying representation|underlying]] [[Causes|cause]].
**Compared with reports of postmortems on patients before the advent of steroids, those that have been treated have smaller and fewer lesions, mostly on one valve and usually confined to the left side.
 
**Hypertension was 5 times as common and congestive heart failure was 8 times as common as in the days before corticosteroids. The steroids may be directly responsible for hypertension and heart failure. This paper was from 1975 and it is possible that better control of hypertension and heart failure may offset these problems today.
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**Expert opinion seems to conclude that steroids are detrimental to Libman-Sacks endocarditis although some praise them. The situation is far from certain.
|+Common treatment options for Libman-Sacks endocarditis depending on the underlying cause
*Advice for procedures creating a risk of infective endocarditis can be found in the separate record Prevention of Endocarditis.
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*If there are systemic emboli then anticoagulation with warfarin is beneficial but the possible role of aspirin has not been adequately investigated. If there is evidence of 1 cerebrovascular event, anticoagulation is advised.
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*In serious valve disease it may be necessary to replace valves. Mechanical valves may be more susceptible to thromboemboli but it is uncertain if bioprosthetic valves are at risk of the disease. The operative mortality of mitral valve replacement in this condition may be as high as 25%.
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Steroids]] and [[immunosuppressive agents]]
|They are [[Usage analysis|useful]] in the [[Treatment Planning|treatment]] of [[Underlying representation|underlying]] [[disease]] but they have a controversial role in the [[pathogenesis]] of [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]]:
 
*[[Patients]] [[Treatment Planning|treated]] with [[steroids]] have smaller and fewer [[lesions]] (mostly on one [[valve]] and usually confined to the left side) as [[Comparability|compared]] to the [[Postmortem studies|postmortem reports]] of [[patients]] before the advent of [[steroids]].
*The [[Usage analysis|use]] of [[corticosteroids]] has also [[lead]] to the 5 [[Timespan|times]] decline in [[hypertension]] and 8 [[Timespan|times]] decline in [[congestive heart failure]] [[rates]] in the [[patients]] of Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]].
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*In the case of [[Systemic embolization|systemic emboli]], [[Anticoagulation therapy|anticoagulation]] with [[warfarin]] is beneficial.
*[[Anticoagulation therapy|Anticoagulation]] is advised if there is [[evidence]] of one [[cerebrovascular event]].
*[[Patients]] with a [[Potential|potentially]] [[Cure|curable]] [[cancer]], [[coagulopathy]] should be [[Correction (newspaper)|corrected]] with [[heparin]] (if there is no [[contraindication]]).
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*[[Vasodilators]]
*[[Beta-blockers]]
*[[Diuretics]]
*[[Digoxin]]
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Valve replacement surgery|Valve replacement]]<ref name="pmid20331896">{{cite journal| author=Bouma W, Klinkenberg TJ, van der Horst IC, Wijdh-den Hamer IJ, Erasmus ME, Bijl M | display-authors=etal| title=Mitral valve surgery for mitral regurgitation caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a report of four cases and a systematic review of the literature. | journal=J Cardiothorac Surg | year= 2010 | volume= 5 | issue=  | pages= 13 | pmid=20331896 | doi=10.1186/1749-8090-5-13 | pmc=2859362 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20331896  }} </ref><ref name="pmid28734427">{{cite journal| author=Samura T, Toda K, Yoshioka D, Nakamura T, Miyagawa S, Yoshikawa Y | display-authors=etal| title=Libman-Sacks Endocarditis Due to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Activation After Mitral Valve Plasty. | journal=Ann Thorac Surg | year= 2017 | volume= 104 | issue= 2 | pages= e109-e111 | pmid=28734427 | doi=10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.073 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28734427  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21404907">{{cite journal| author=Perier P, Jeserich M, Vieth M, Pohle K, Hohenberger W, Diegeler A| title=Mitral valve reconstruction in a patient with Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a case report. | journal=J Heart Valve Dis | year= 2011 | volume= 20 | issue= 1 | pages= 103-6 | pmid=21404907 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21404907  }} </ref>
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*[[Valve replacement surgery]] is [[done]] in case of severe [[valvular disease]].
*[[Mechanical valve|Mechanical valves]] may be more [[Susceptible individual|susceptible]] to [[Thromboembolism|thromboemboli]] as [[Comparability|compared]] to [[bioprosthetic valves]].
*[[Mitral valve replacement]] [[surgery]] has an [[Operation (mathematics)|operative]] [[mortality]] of as high as 25% in [[patients]] with Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]].
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==Differential Diagnosis==
==Differentiating Libman-Sacks Endocarditis from other Diseases==


Libman-Sacks [[endocarditis]] should be [[Differentiate|differentiated]] from other [[diseases]] [[Presenting symptom|presenting]] with [[fever]], [[chest pain]] and [[anorexia]]. 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Latest revision as of 20:57, 19 August 2020

Libman-Sacks endocarditis Microchapters

Overview

Historical Perspective

Pathophysiology

Epidemiology and Demographics

Risk Factors

Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms

Physical Examination

Laboratory Findings

Imaging Findings

Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Differentiating Libman-Sacks Endocarditis from other Diseases

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mohsin, M.D.[2]

Synonyms and keywords:: Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Marantic endocarditis, Verrucous endocarditis

Overview

Libman-Sacks endocarditis (LSE) is a form of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) that is considered to be the most common cardiac manifestation seen in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. LSE is a term used for sterile and verrucous vegetations around the heart valves mostly affecting the mitral and aortic heart valves but other valves may also be involved. Valvular involvement in LSE may lead to valvular regurgitation, aortic insufficiency, thromboembolic cerebrovascular events, and increased risk of infective endocarditis. It is also usually associated with the other autoimmune diseases such as antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and some malignancies. Secondary APS has a higher rate of cardiac involvement as compared to primary APS, mostly due to the autoimmune causes related to the SLE. LSE can be complicated by embolic cerebrovascular disease, superimposed infective endocarditis, and peripheral arterial embolism. It is also associated with increased mortality, hence, early recognition of LSE and appropriate treatment are of significant importance in preventing any further complications.

Historical Perspective

Pathophysiology

Pathology

Factors responsible for the initiation of Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Initiation factor Description
Immune complexes
Hypoxia
Hypercoagulability
Carcinomatosis Following carcinomas are commonly associated with NBTE and Libman-Sacks endocarditis:

Gross pathology

Allen and Sirota macroscopic classification of NBTE
Type of NBTE Features
Type 1
  • Small
  • < 3 mm
  • Univerrucal
  • Firmly attached to the valve
Type 2
Type 3
  • Small
  • 1 - 3 mm
  • Multiverrucal
  • Friable
Libman Sacks Endocarditis. The presence of vegetations predisposes patients to bacterial endocarditis. Source: Brigden et al,1960.
Libman-Sacks endocarditis. Source: Kumar et al, 2010/Courtesy Dr. Fred Schoen, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Microscopic Pathology

Stages of evolution of vegetations in Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Stage Description
Stage 1 (active verrucae)
Stage 2 (Combined active and healed lesions)
Stage 3 (Healed lesions)
Pathology slide of mitral valve vegetation. Lots of necrosis: 10 cm circumference vegetation. Mitral valve tissue shows focal necrosis. No bacterial or fungal organisms were present. Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
R lung, high power: emboli and large necrotic infarcted tissue. Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
Low power of the liver: lots of steatosis and congestion, necrosis. Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
High power pathology slide of the liver showing lots of steatosis, congestion, and necrosis. Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
Low power pathology slide of the lung showing emboli and necrotic tissue.Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA

Epidemiology and Demographics

Risk Factors

Risk factors for the development of Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Risk factor Details
Advanced stage malignancy Advanced stage malignancies such as:
Chronic diseases Chronic diseases such as:
Connective tissue disorders with hypercoagulable state
Trauma Trauma due to:

Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

Complications

Prognosis

Diagnosis

Mckay and Wahler triad for diagnosis of NBTE
1:
2:
3:

History and Symptoms

Common manifestations of patients with Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Manifestation Description
Heart failure Heart failure can occur secondary to the valvular dysfunction (most commonly mitral regurgitation), leading to the following signs and symptoms:
Cerebrovascular embolism[29] Cerebrovascular embolism can present as any of the following:
Systemic thromboembolism Systemic thromboembolism can cause any of the following:
Secondary infective endocarditis Secondary infective endocarditis can present as:

Physical Examination

Physical examination findings in a patient of Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Pathology Physical examination finding
Left ventricular hypertrophy[30][31][32][33][34][35] LVH can present as any of the following:
Congestive heart failure Physical examination findings of CHF include:
Infective endocarditis (IE)[36][37][38][39] IE can present as:
Mitral valve disease[40]
Aortic valve disease
Tricuspid valve disease

Laboratory Findings

Laboratory Investigations in Libman-Sacks Endocarditis Laboratory test findings
Blood culture
SLE investigations

(Immunological assays)

CBC
Studies to rule out DIC
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)


Imaging Findings

Imaging tests in Libman-Sacks Endocarditis Imagining Findings
Echocardiography[41][26][42]
2D transesophageal ultrasound. Image on the left shows a thickened mitral valve with a 1 cm vegetation that can be seen on the anterior mitral leaflet. Image on the right is a four-chamber color flow Doppler view showing biventricular dilatation, severe left ventricular dysfunction. For orientation purposes, left ventricle is the bottom right chamber. Video of both views is attached as a supplementary file. Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
Chest X-Ray
MRI[43]
MRI of the brain. Images on the top show increased signal on diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) throughout the bilateral frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes. Images on the bottom show a corresponding decreased signal intensity on apparent diffusion coefficient that is consistent with acute abnormal restricted diffusion. These findings suggest new/ongoing acute infarcts.Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
CT scan (Head)
CT of head without contrast showing extensive multifocal areas of hypoattentuation throughout the bilateral frontal, parietal, occipital, and right > left temporal lobes. No mass effect or midline shift or hemorrhage was seen.Source: Ghulam Murtaza. et al, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA

Other Diagnostic Studies

Cardiac Catheterization

Treatment

Common treatment options for Libman-Sacks endocarditis depending on the underlying cause
Treatment option Details
Steroids and immunosuppressive agents They are useful in the treatment of underlying disease but they have a controversial role in the pathogenesis of vegetations:
Anticoagulants
Other medications
Valve replacement[7][44][11]

Differentiating Libman-Sacks Endocarditis from other Diseases

Libman-Sacks endocarditis should be differentiated from other diseases presenting with fever, chest pain and anorexia. The differentials include the following:[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64]

Diseases Diagnostic tests Physical Examination Symptoms Past medical history Other Findings
CT scan and MRI EKG Chest X-ray Tachypnea Tachycardia Fever Chest Pain Hemoptysis Dyspnea on Exertion Wheezing Chest Tenderness Nasalopharyngeal Ulceration Carotid Bruit
Pulmonary embolism
  • On CT angiography:
    • Intra-luminal filling defect
  • On MRI:
    • Narrowing of involved vessel
    • No contrast seen distal to obstruction
    • Polo-mint sign (partial filling defect surrounded by contrast)
✔ (Low grade) ✔ (In case of massive PE) - - - -
Infective Endocarditis
  • Goldberg's criteria may aid in diagnosis of left ventricular dysfunction: (High specificity)
    • SV1 or SV2 + RV5 or RV6 ≥3.5 mV
    • Total QRS amplitude in each of the limb leads ≤0.8 mV
    • R/S ratio <1 in lead V4
- - - - - -
Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis
  • ST elevation
  • PR depression
✔ (Low grade) ✔ (Relieved by sitting up and leaning forward) - - - - -
  • May be clinically classified into:
    • Acute (< 6 weeks)
    • Sub-acute (6 weeks - 6 months)
    • Chronic (> 6 months)
Libman Sack Endocarditis - - - -
Vasculitis

Homogeneous, circumferential vessel wall swelling

-
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) - - - - - -

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