Libman-Sacks endocarditis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First described by Emanuel Libman and Benjamin Sacks at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City in 1924.
Noun[edit]
Libman-Sacks endocarditis (uncountable)
- A form of non-bacterial endocarditis seen in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and the most common cardiac presentation of that disorder.