Korean Circ J.  2022 Dec;52(12):903-905. 10.4070/kcj.2022.0192.

A Case of a Long-term Survivor of Myocardial Infarction With Extensive Dystrophic Myocardial Calcification

• Kim DY
• Park MW
• Lee M

• KMID: 2536794
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2022.0192

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  Figure 1 Radiographic images. (A) Chest X-ray showed a large, well-demarcated, spherical calcified mass (red arrows) at LV. (B) Chest computed tomography demonstrated an extensive myocardial calcification (red arrow) along with the aneurysm of LV.LV = left ventricle.

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  Figure 2 Coronary angiography images. (A) Coronary angiography showed the chronic total occlusion at the ostium of the left anterior descending artery (red arrow). The left circumflex coronary artery (yellow arrow) was normal. (B) Right coronary artery showed no stenosis.

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