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Left ventricular calcification following resuscitation
Author(s) -
LapattoReiniluoto O.,
Vaalamo M.,
Takkunen O.,
Mänttäri M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2000.00588.x
Subject(s) - medicine , calcification , ventricle , resuscitation , cardiology , shock (circulatory) , septic shock , cardiomyopathy , surgery , heart failure , sepsis
Abstract. Lapatto‐Reiniluoto O, Vaalamo M, Takkunen O, Mänttäri M (Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland). Left ventricular calcification following resuscitation (Case Report). J Intern Med 2000; 248: 85–87. 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.