| ABE | acute bacterial endocarditis; American Board of Endodontics; botulism equine trivalent antitoxin |
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| AIE | acute inclusion-body encephalitis; acute infectious encephalitis; acute infective endocarditis |
| BE | bacillary emulsion; bacterial endocarditis; barium enema; Barrett's esophagus; base excess; below-el... |
| BEC | bacterial endocarditis; behavioral emergency committee; blood ethyl alcohol; bromo-ergocryptine |
| EEE | eastern equine encephalitis; eastern equine encephalomyelitis; experimental enterococcal endocarditi... |
| endocarditis | <pathology> Exudative and proliferative inflammatory alterations of the endocardium, characterised by the presence of vegetations on the surface of the endocardium or in the endocardium itself and most commonly involving a heart valve, but sometimes affecting the inner lining of the cardiac chambers or the endocardium elsewhere. It may occur as a primary disorder or as a complication of or in association with another disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| endocarditis chordalis | Endocarditis affecting particularly the chordae tendineae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocarditis, subacute bacterial | Infection of the endocardium caused by species of streptococcus. This condition does not produce metastatic foci and if untreated may take up to a year to be fatal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Libman-Sacks endocarditis | Verrucous endocarditis sometimes associated with disseminated lupus erythematosus. Synonym: atypical verrucous endocarditis, Libman-Sacks syndrome, nonbacterial verrucous endocarditis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Loffler's endocarditis | Fibroplastic parietal endocarditis with eosinophilia, an endocarditis of obscure cause characterised by progressive congestive heart failure, multiple systemic emboli, and eosinophilia. Synonym: Loffler's disease, Loffler's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Loffler's parietal fibroplastic endocarditis | Sclerosis of the endocardium in the presence of a high eosinophile count. (05 Mar 2000) |