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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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Massive calcification in the myocardium post infarction
Prathamesh V Joshi1, Vikram R Lele1, Hina J Shah1, Sheila Rao2
1 Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Worli, Mumbai, India
2 Department of Cardiology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Worli, Mumbai, India
| Date of Web Publication | 1-Aug-2012 |
Correspondence Address:
Prathamesh V Joshi
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Worli, Mumbai
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1995-705X.99233
How to cite this article:
Joshi PV, Lele VR, Shah HJ, Rao S. Massive calcification in the myocardium post infarction. Heart Views 2012;13:74 |
Myocardial calcification is classified as either dystrophic or metastatic. Dystrophic calcification is more common and usually occurs in the area of prior myocardial infarction. It is usually caused by a large myocardial infarction and is reported to occur in 8% of infarcts more than 6 years old. [1],[2]
Cardiac PET/CT can show massive dystrophic calcification of the myocardium in the area of myocardial infarction [Figure 1]. | Figure 1: (a) Massive calcification in the infracted myocardium (arrows);
Figure 1: (b) Shows the area on non-viable infarct in FDG PET images (arrows).
Figure 1: (c) Virtual reconstruction of patient's heart showing severe calcification in heart
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| 1. | Kim MK, Chung WJ, Oh KJ, Choi EY, Yang SM, Shin EK, et al. Dystrophic endocardial calcification associated with prior myocardial infarction. J Korean Soc Echocardiogr 2005;13:33-6. 
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| 2. | Pande AK, Sethi KK, Jain R. Pictorial CME. Dystrophic myocardial calcification. J Assoc Physicians India 2001;49:256.
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