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World J Cardiol. Sep 26, 2014; 6(9): 1038-1040
Published online Sep 26, 2014. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i9.1038
Published online Sep 26, 2014. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i9.1038
Calcific left atrium: A rare consequence of endocarditis
Giuseppe Dattilo, Matteo Casale, Vincenza Giugno, Lorenzo Camarda, Natascia Laganà, Gianluca Di Bella, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy
Carmelo Anfuso, Division of Radiology, ‘Ospedali Riuniti Papardo-Piemonte’ Hospital, 98125 Messina, Italy
Author contributions: Dattilo G and Di Bella G undertook the patient clinical examination and echocardiogram; Casale M, Giugno V, Camarda L and Laganà N collected the patient’s clinical data and wrote the paper; Anfuso C performed CT and CMR; Dattilo G and Di Bella G analyzed the data.
Correspondence to: Giuseppe Dattilo, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy. giu.dattilo@libero.it
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Received: February 14, 2014
Revised: April 15, 2014
Accepted: July 18, 2014
Published online: September 26, 2014
Revised: April 15, 2014
Accepted: July 18, 2014
Published online: September 26, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: A patient was submitted to echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance and to computed tomography imaging to better characterize a hyper-echogenic lesion located in the atrio-ventricular plane. The clinical features and location of the calcified lesion suggest an infective aetiology causing an endocarditis involving the aortic valve, atrio-ventricular plane and left atrium.