Left atrial calcification in a hemodialysis patient with cor triatriatum.
Myocardial calcification is a rare manifestation of abnormal calcium metabolism seen in some patients with chronic renal failure. This report describes the transesophageal echocardiographic and spiral computed tomography (CT) findings in a young hemodialysis female with severe secondary hyperparathyroidism. These findings included calcification of the multiperforated membrane of a cor triatriatum and the wall of the left atrium.
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Services of Nephrology and Cardiology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain. txrena@hca.es
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Rodriguez
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Simarro
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Iglesias
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D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000150:complications*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000209:etiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed