title: Massive calcification of the tricuspid valve papillary muscles in right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis.
abstract: Right-sided forms account for one-fourth of endomyocardial fibrosis cases in central Africa. A 50-year-old female patient with endo- myocardial fibrosis presented with unusual calcifications of the right ventricular endocardium that embedded the tricuspid valve papillary muscles. Bioprosthetic tricuspid valve replacement together with right ventricular endocardectomy was performed with a good clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Layla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rifai
authors.forename: Nadjib
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hammoudi
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fouret
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Acar
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography