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Review
. 2015 Jan-Feb;9(1):58-67.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2014.10.004. Epub 2014 Oct 22.

Myocardial calcifications: pathophysiology, etiologies, differential diagnoses, and imaging findings

John W Nance Jr  1 , Genevieve M Crane  2 , Marc K Halushka  2 , Elliot K Fishman  1 , Stefan L Zimmerman  3
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Review

Myocardial calcifications: pathophysiology, etiologies, differential diagnoses, and imaging findings

John W Nance Jr et al. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2015 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Myocardial calcifications are not uncommonly encountered by the cardiac imager and may have a range of imaging appearances, from focal calcific deposits to diffuse myocardial involvement. A number of pathological processes can both cause and result from myocardial calcification; therefore, accurate identification and characterization are important. This pictorial essay will review the mechanisms, etiologies, imaging features, and differential diagnoses of myocardial calcification with imaging examples.

Keywords: Cardiovascular CT; Myocardial calcification.

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