[Massive left atrial calcification].

نویسندگان

  • Pablo Robles-Velasco
  • Isabel Monedero-Sánchez
  • Yago González-Doforno
  • Maher Chichakli-Cela
چکیده

Mujer de 65 años de edad que ingresa por insuficiencia cardiaca de predominio derecho. Previamente diagnosticada de estenosis mitral reumática severa, se había realizado un recambio valvular mitral por prótesis mecánica hacía 20 años. El ecocardiograma transtorácico y transesofágico realizados mostraron una prótesis normofuncionante, así como una hipertensión arterial pulmonar severa (90 mmHg) junto a dilatación de cavidades derechas y disfunción sistólica del ventrículo derecho. La radiografía de tórax (figs. 1A y B) presentaba una calcificación lineal que seguía todo el contorno de la aurícula izquierda (AI), lo cual se confirmó en un TAC sin contraste que mostró calcificación tanto de la pared libre de la AI como del septo interauricular, e incluso de la orejuela izquierda y del aparato subvalvular mitral (fig. 1C y D). La calcificación de la pared de la AI es una complicación infrecuente de la cardiopatía reumática1, reconociéndose

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico

دوره 87 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017