Title
Massive myocardial calcification and normal coronary arteries
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Publication Date
1985-12-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
We report a case of extensive myocardial calcification in a 50-year-old woman. It is rare when such cases are not associated with either metastatic deposition or infarction. However, this patient had a childhood illness of either rheumatic fever or some type of myocarditis, which most likely caused her extensive myocardial calcification.
Source
Tex Heart Inst J. 1985 Dec;12(4):363-5.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital
Related Resources
PubMed ID
15226996
Repository Citation
Barnard DC, Pape LA, Missri J, Dalen JE. (1985). Massive myocardial calcification and normal coronary arteries. Open Access Publications by UMMS Authors. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/1671