Massive Myocardial Calcium Deposition

Mark N. Belkin, MD; Mark Dela Cruz, MD; Urooba Nadeem, MD; Amit R. Patel, MD; Gene Kim, MD; Jonathan Grinstein, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

Massive Myocardial Calcium Deposition

Mark N. Belkin, MD,
Mark Dela Cruz, MD,
Urooba Nadeem, MD,
Amit R. Patel, MD,
Gene Kim, MD,
Jonathan Grinstein, MD

Affiliations

Mark N. Belkin, MD: Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Mark Dela Cruz, MD: Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Urooba Nadeem, MD: Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Amit R. Patel, MD: Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Gene Kim, MD: Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Jonathan Grinstein, MD: Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Address for correspondence: Dr. Jonathan Grinstein, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, A621, Chicago, Illinois 60637.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 7
pp. 996 – 1003

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A 25-year-old African-American woman with end-stage renal disease presented with new-onset heart failure. Transthoracic echocardiography indicated a significantly hyperechoic myocardium, and computed tomography noted a circumferential hyperattenuated myocardium. Endomyocardial biopsy revealed focal interstitial and intramyocyte calcium deposition in the heart, confirming a rare diagnosis of massive myocardial calcium deposition. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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