title: Myocardial calcification as a rare cause of congestive heart failure: a case report.
abstract: Myocardial calcification is a manifestation of either metastatic or dystrophic calcium deposition in the myocardium. Dystrophic calcification of the myocardium is most commonly seen in long-term survivors of substantial myocardial infarctions. Current literature has reported only 3 cases of myocardial calcification with normal coronary arteries. We present a case of an 80-year-old woman with multiple admissions over a 5-year period for congestive heart failure. She was found to have a normal left ventricular ejection fraction and normal coronary arteries on left heart catheterization. A high resolution computed tomography (CT) study of the chest revealed extensive left ventricular myocardial calcifications, which were not present 4 years earlier on CT. The patient's history and clinical presentation revealed no etiologic factors for her calcified myocardium.
authors.affiliation: Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Sylmar, CA 91342-1495, USA. elbialy@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Bialy
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shenoda
authors.forename: Jahandar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: Ara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tilkian
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed