Cardiac Restriction Secondary to Massive Calcific Deposits in the Left Ventricular Cavity

Described herein are clinical and necropsy findings in a 61-year-old woman with fatal left ventricular diastolic failure secondary to massive calcific deposits primarily within the left ventricular cavity. At age 3, an isthmic aortic coarctation was resected, and at age 44, a stenotic congenitally b...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of cardiology 2014-04, Vol.113 (8), p.1442-1446
Hauptverfasser:	Roberts, William C., MD, Rosenblatt, Randall L., MD, Ko, Jong Mi, BA, Grayburn, Paul A., MD, Kuiper, Johannes J., MD, Guileyardo, Joseph M., MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Calcinosis - complications Calcinosis - diagnosis Cardiology Cardiomyopathies - complications Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis Cardiovascular Coronary vessels Diagnosis, Differential Disclosure Echocardiography Fatal Outcome Female Heart failure Heart Failure - diagnosis Heart Failure - etiology Heart Ventricles Humans Kidney diseases Medical imaging Middle Aged Prostheses Pulmonary arteries Radiography, Thoracic Severity of Illness Index Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed Ultrasonic imaging Veins & arteries Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - complications Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	Described herein are clinical and necropsy findings in a 61-year-old woman with fatal left ventricular diastolic failure secondary to massive calcific deposits primarily within the left ventricular cavity. At age 3, an isthmic aortic coarctation was resected, and at age 44, a stenotic congenitally bicuspid aortic valve was replaced. The cause of the intracavitary calcific deposits remains unclear, but surgical resection of the deposits has been an effective form of therapy.
ISSN:	0002-9149 1879-1913
DOI:	10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.12.047