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

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.

Keywords

• marantic endocarditis
• non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis
• covid-19
• hypercoagulable state
• covid-19 associated coagulopathy