{"id":3784,"date":"2010-02-18T08:41:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T08:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2021-10-07T20:36:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T15:06:35","slug":"left-ventricular-endomyocardial-fibrosis-with-calcification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/left-ventricular-endomyocardial-fibrosis-with-calcification\/","title":{"rendered":"LVEMF with calcification -echocardiograms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oqvVgosWg-s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">LVEMF with calcification -echocardiograms<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36726\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36726\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/LVEMF-with-calcification-echocardiograms.png\" alt=\"LVEMF with calcification -echocardiograms\" width=\"1200\" height=\"745\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LVEMF with calcification -echocardiograms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Echocardiogram in parasternal long axis (PLAX) view demonstrating a region of dense calcification (Calc) in the left ventricle, in a case of left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis. LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle; Ao: aorta; LA: left atrium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36728\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36728\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/LVEMF-with-calcification-seen-in-apical-4C-view.png\" alt=\"LVEMF with calcification seen in apical 4C view\" width=\"1200\" height=\"736\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LVEMF with calcification seen in apical 4C view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Echocardiogram in apical four chamber (4C) view demonstrating a region of dense calcification (Calc) in the left ventricle, in a case of LVEMF. RA: right atrium<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36731\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36731\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/E-A-reversal-in-LVEMF.png\" alt=\"Mitral E\/A reversal in LVEMF\" width=\"1200\" height=\"621\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitral E\/A reversal in LVEMF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>E wave is taller than A wave in the mitral inflow tracing, suggesting left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.<\/p>\n<p>Calcification can also occur due to persistently elevated serum calcium levels as in primary hyperparathyroidism, chronic kidney disease, hypervitaminosis D and extensive bone destruction due to metastatic disease or multiple myeloma.<br \/>Dystrophic calcification without persistent hypercalcemia can occur in ischemic heart disease, primary myocardial disease and Loeffler endocarditis due to prolonged eosinophilia.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Khanna R, Kapoor A, Soni N. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27867457\/\">A Heart Set in Stone: A Case of Extensive Cardiac Calcification<\/a>. Heart Views. 2016 Jul-Sep;17(3):100-102.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis with calcification: 2-D, Doppler and color Doppler images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,8],"tags":[297,1246,1366,2139,2145,2247,2255,2908],"class_list":["post-3784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-echocardiogram-library-echocardiogram-library","category-echocardiogram-library","tag-apical-4c-view","tag-ea-reversal","tag-endomyocardial-calcification","tag-left-ventricular-calcification","tag-left-ventricular-endomyocardial-fibrosis","tag-lv-diastolic-dysfunction","tag-lvemf-with-calcification","tag-plax-view"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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