Cook D J, Tanser P H
Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Angiology. 1989 May;40(5):494-7. doi: 10.1177/000331978904000512.
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is the most common form of endocarditis found at autopsy. Systemic embolization may complicate this condition in patients with mitral valve prolapse. The authors report a case of mitral valve prolapse and nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis in which the presenting feature was Parinaud's syndrome.