Revista Argentina de Cardiología, Vol. 78, No. 4, January 1, 2010
Left Ventricle Calcification
Gabriel Pérez Baztarrica, Fabio Sánchez, Rafael Porcile
Cardiac calcifications normally occur in the valves, the sinus and atrioventricular nodes, the coronary arteries and less frequently in the ventricular myocardium as a result of a previous heart attack. These last few are associated with complications, including cardiac failure, systemic embolisms and arrhythmias.
This is an exceptional case of severe myocardial calcification associated with medical treatment of refractory cardiac failure.
This is regarding a 58 year old patient with a history of previous myocardial infarctions resulting in a necrotic dilated cardiomyopathy (left ventricular ejection fraction of 10%) with multiple hospitalizations due to cardiac failure. Admitted to our center for medical treatment (inotropes and BCIA – Biofeedback Certification International Alliance) of another overall refractory cardiac failure symptom. Both in the anteroposterior chest x-ray; chest tomography and coronary angiography (left oblique view) show the previous level of wall thickness calcification, lateral and cardiac apex (Solid arrows).
The patient was referred to another center for a cardiac transplant evaluation.
