Key result
Severe systemic sepsis can trigger extensive myocardial calcifications and left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
Why the study?
Myocardial calcifications resulting from sepsis have been rarely reported and their imaging findings and mechanisms are not well described.
Case Report (n=1)
Myocardial calcifications can rarely occur as a complication of sepsis, with specific imaging findings and underlying mechanisms.
Prompts consideration of myocardial calcification in sepsis with new systolic dysfunction; leaves open prevalence and long-term outcomes.
Myocardial calcifications (MCs) are a fatal condition that often complicates ischemic heart disease, cardiac surgery, rheumatic fever, or myocarditis. To date, cases where myocardial calcifications result from a septic state have rarely been reported. In this paper, we describe the primary imaging findings and discuss both proven and hypothetical mechanisms of MCs in the context of sepsis.
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Yousfi et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Myocardial calcifications following sepsis (n=1). Septic shock was evaluated on Development of myocardial calcifications. Severe systemic sepsis can rarely lead to the development of extensive myocardial calcifications and left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
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