Myocardial Calcifications: Thinking Beyond the Heart

Am J Med. 2020 Oct;133(10):e591-e592. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.02.045. Epub 2020 Apr 5.

Authors

Kenneth Hoang¹, Katia Bravo-Jaimes², Daniel Ocazionez³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
³ Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Electronic address: daniel.ocazioneztrujillo@uth.tmc.edu.

PMID: 32259517
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.02.045

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoma / complications
Adenoma / diagnostic imaging*
Adenoma / surgery
Aged
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Calcinosis / etiology
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiomyopathies / etiology
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Hypercalcemia / diagnosis*
Hypercalcemia / etiology
Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / complications
Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / diagnosis*
Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / surgery
Incidental Findings
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Parathyroid Neoplasms / complications
Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Parathyroid Neoplasms / surgery
Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Ventricular Septum / diagnostic imaging