title: Left atrial, pulmonary vein and dural calcification in a patient with arrhythmia and chronic renal failure.
abstract: Left atrial and dural calcification in chronic renal failure is very rare. Massive atrial calcification can lead to arrhythmia and diagnosis of this condition is important to take prophylactic measures in dialysis patients. Noninvasive diagnosis of left atrial calcification is also important as it can complicate valvular surgery. We report on a patient with chronic renal failure presenting with arrhythmia in whom left atrial calcification involving interatrial septum is diagnosed by thorax CT examination.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Radiology, Galveston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koroglu
authors.forename: P S Keven
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oto
authors.forename: B Kale
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Koroglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*