Left atrial calcification in a hemodialysis patient with cor triatriatum

Am J Kidney Dis. 2000 May;35(5):E27. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(00)70292-7.

Abstract

Myocardial calcification is a rare manifestation of abnormal calcium metabolism seen in some patients with chronic renal failure. This report describes the transesophageal echocardiographic and spiral computed tomography (CT) findings in a young hemodialysis female with severe secondary hyperparathyroidism. These findings included calcification of the multiperforated membrane of a cor triatriatum and the wall of the left atrium.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis
  • Calcinosis / etiology*
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology*
  • Cor Triatriatum / complications*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / etiology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications*
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed