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Case Reports
. 2000 Jul;248(1):85-7.
doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2000.00588.x.

Left ventricular calcification following resuscitation

O Lapatto-Reiniluoto  1 , M Vaalamo, O Takkunen, M Mänttäri
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Case Reports

Left ventricular calcification following resuscitation

O Lapatto-Reiniluoto et al. J Intern Med. 2000 Jul.
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Abstract

In this paper we report a case of 34-year-old man with a severe septic shock. Because of profound hypotension he was given massive amounts of catecholamines for 10 days. After a short recovery the function of his heart started to deteriorate again and clear calcification around the left ventricle was disclosed by computer tomography. Catecholamines are known to induce myocardial injury resulting in a special form of cardiomyopathy with eventual calcification, but there are no previous reports of myocardial calcification to this extent.

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