title: Left atrial calcifications: computed tomographic imaging findings of an unusual sign of rheumatic heart disease.
abstract: Left atrial wall calcifications are an extremely rare finding of unknown cause usually associated with rheumatic disease. Only a few case reports of this entity are found in the literature, mostly describing the findings on conventional chest radiography, echocardiography, and angiography. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case documented with multislice computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen-University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium. rodrigo.salgado@uza.be
authors.forename: Rodrigo A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Salgado
authors.forename: Bharati
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shivalkar
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Parizel
authors.forename: Christiaan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vrints
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods