CASE REPORT
Year : 2016 | Volume
: 17 | Issue : 3 | Page : 100--102
A heart set in stone: A case of extensive cardiac calcification
Roopali Khanna1, Aditya Kapoor1, Neetu Soni2
1 Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Roopali Khanna
Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow - 226 014, Uttar Pradesh
India
Massive endocardial calcification is a rare entity. We describe a rare disease endomyocardial fibrosis associated with massive calcification of the left ventricle suspected on a chest X-ray and confirmed by echocardiography and computed tomography in an 18-year-old female presenting with breathlessness and congestive heart failure.
How to cite this article:
Khanna R, Kapoor A, Soni N. A heart set in stone: A case of extensive cardiac calcification.Heart Views 2016;17:100-102
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Khanna R, Kapoor A, Soni N. A heart set in stone: A case of extensive cardiac calcification. Heart Views [serial online] 2016 [cited 2023 Jun 2 ];17:100-102
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