title: Left atrial calcification in a hemodialysis patient with cor triatriatum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Services of Nephrology and Cardiology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain. txrena@hca.es
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peces
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pobes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simarro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simarro
mesh_terms: 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