A Novel Idiopathic Atrial Calcification: Pathologic Manifestations and Potential Mechanism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac calcification is a type of ectopic pathologic calcification of unknown etiology and mechanisms. Once diagnosed, the location, extent and morphology of the calcified lesions, as well as their functional significance in the heart, are usually the focus of case reports. Calcification is mostly distributed in myocardium, but rarely reported in atrium. In addition, because of limited sampling and complex pathological mechanisms, the etiology underlying the formation of these calcified lesions also remains unclear.

Methods

Two cardiac calcifications were found in a patient, died of trauma-induced subarachnoid hemorrhage after slightly drinking, during a standard autopsy. The location and morphological characteristics of the calcified lesions were determined by c

SUBMITTER: Li B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8978529 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature