Endomyocardial nodular calcification as a cause of heart failure.
Massive cardiac calcification is rare, occurring in association with chronic diseases or more commonly with previous myocardial infarction. We present an intriguing case of massive myocardial calcification of the left ventricle in a young patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy and progressive heart failure who required transplantation. The patient's history and clinical presentation did not reveal the etiology of the myocardial calcification.
Segura
Ana Maria
AM
Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77225-0345, USA.
Radovancevic
Rajko
R
Connelly
John H
JH
Loyalka
Pranav
P
Gregoric
Igor D
ID
Buja
L Maximillian
LM
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult