Stone Heart

Estefania De Garate; Anna Baritussio; Alessandra Scatteia; Christopher Lawton; Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.07.023

Stone Heart

JACC Case Rep. 2021 Oct 6;3(13):1509-1511. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.07.023.

Authors

Estefania De Garate^{1

2

3}, Anna Baritussio¹, Alessandra Scatteia¹, Christopher Lawton¹, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
² Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
³ Bristol National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
⁴ Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guys' and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of infiltrative cardiomyopathy characterized by multiple low-signal myocardial lesions consistent with nodular calcifications. A retrospectively detailed clinical history and the use of multimodality imaging enabled us to identify the final diagnosis. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; CT, computed tomography; LV, left ventricular; calcification; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiomyopathy; computed tomography; imaging; myocardial infiltration.