Key result
Fluoroscopy successfully identified massive dystrophic calcification of the myocardium, with clinical, hemodynamic, and angiographic findings correlating well with surgical lesions.
Population
1 patient with dystrophic calcification of the myocardium
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Fluoroscopy may aid detection of myocardial dystrophic calcification; single case leaves open diagnostic role and practice change.
Highlights the utility of fluoroscopy in suspecting dystrophic calcification of the myocardium, which can be confirmed surgically.
Macieira-Coelho et al. (1975) studied this question. Fluoroscopy successfully identified massive dystrophic calcification of the myocardium, with clinical, hemodynamic, and angiographic findings correlating well with surgical lesions.
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