Key result
CT imaging reveals extensive myocardial calcifications and left atrial thrombus in a 41-year-old dialysis patient.
Why the study?
Myocardial calcifications in patients with end-stage renal disease have clinical relevance and potential associations with complications such as atrial fibrillation and thromboembolic events that require better understanding.
Case Report (n=1)
Extensive myocardial calcifications can occur in end-stage renal disease and may be associated with complications like atrial fibrillation and thromboembolic events.
Raises awareness for cardiac imaging in symptomatic dialysis patients; hypothesis-generating for embolic risk and management.
This case report describes a 41-year-old male patient with chronic kidney disease on peritoneal dialysis presenting with upper abdominal pain and mild thigh numbness. CT chest demonstrated extensive myocardial calcifications and left atrial thrombus. This case emphasizes the clinical relevance of myocardial calcifications, especially in patients with end-stage renal disease. It also highlights the potential association between these calcifications and complications such as atrial fibrillation and thromboembolic events. The findings emphasize the need for diagnostic vigilance and an improved understanding of the pathophysiology of myocardial calcifications in the context of renal disease.
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Rafiee et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Chronic kidney disease on peritoneal dialysis with myocardial calcifications (n=1). Extensive myocardial calcifications was evaluated. Extensive myocardial calcifications and left atrial thrombus were identified in a 41-year-old male dialysis patient presenting with upper abdominal pain and mild thigh numbness.
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