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A case report describes the diagnostic and therapeutic approach for a patient presenting with diffuse myocardial calcification in a left ventricular apical aneurysm 24 years after a myocardial infarction.
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This case report describes the presentation and management of dystrophic calcification in a left ventricular apical aneurysm 24 years after a myocardial infarction.
Pathologic calcium deposition may be observed in the valve leaflets, valvular annulus, pericardial scar areas in chronic constructive pericarditis, and myocardial tissue. A direct x-ray may reveal the area of calcification in any of these tissues. The most common cause of myocardial calcification is myocardial infarction (MI) in which calcium accumulates in the infarcted tissue during myocardial healing process. The authors present a case of diffuse myocardial calcification located in the left ventricular apical aneurysm in a patient who had an MI 24 years ago, together with a diagnostic and therapeutic approach.
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Karaahmet et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Diffuse myocardial calcification in left ventricular apical aneurysm (n=1). Diagnostic and therapeutic approach was evaluated. A case report describes the diagnostic and therapeutic approach for a patient presenting with diffuse myocardial calcification in a left ventricular apical aneurysm 24 years after a myocardial infarction.
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