CALCIFICATION OF THE MYOCARDIUM
Authors: L M BLACKFORD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Case Reports1 December 1947CALCIFICATION OF THE MYOCARDIUML. MINOR BLACKFORD, M.D., F.A.C.P.L. MINOR BLACKFORD, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-6-1036 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1924 Scholz1assembled from the literature 30 cases of calcification of the myocardium. He classified 14 as due to myocarditis. Oheim2has reported that minute deposits of calcium in the myocardium are not uncommon in fatal diphtheritic myocarditis. Scholz attributed three cases to coronary occlusion; five to sepsis and four to extension from calcification of the pericardium. He considered four the result of "calcium metastasis": Siebenmann's case of a man of 36 years with "extensive cystic degeneration of the long bones" and kidney stones, was thought by Siebenmann "one of plain calcium metastasis in the sense of Virchow, being...Bibliography1. SCHOLZ T: Calcification of the heart, its roentgenologic demonstration; review of the literature and theories of myocardial calcification, Arch. Int. Med., 1924, xxxiv, 32-59. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. OHEIM L: Herzmuskelverkalkung bei Diphtherie, Beitr. z. path. Anat. u. z. allg. Path., 1938, c, 222-228. Google Scholar3. HANES FM: Hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid adenoma, with death from parathormone intoxication, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1939, cxcvii, 85-90. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BROWNEVANS CEWD: Primary, massive calcification of myocardium, Am. Heart Jr., 1940, xix, 106-113. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. REDFEARN JA: Massive calcification of myocardium, Am. Heart Jr., 1936, xii, 365-367. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. PARKINSONBEDFORDTHOMSON JDEWA: Cardiac aneurysm, Quart. Jr. Med., 1938, vii, 455-478. Google Scholar7. BORMAN MC: Calcification of left ventricular infarction recognized during life, Ann. Int. Med., 1943, xviii, 857. Google Scholar8. ROESLER H: Clinical roentgenology of the cardiovascular system, 2nd edition, 1943, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Ill. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. SOSMAN MC: The technique for locating and identifying pericardial and intracardiac calcification, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1943, l, 461. Google Scholar10. CLARK JJ: Calcification of pericardium and within heart muscle, Radiology, 1940, xxxv, 356. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. KORINEK O: Kardiovaskularni kalcifikace v roentgenove diagnostice, Casop. lek. cesk., 1941, iccc, 491. Google Scholar12. DORBECKER N: Las calcificaciones cardiacas y su significado, Rev. med. y cien. afines, Mexico, 1944, ii, 739-744. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: L. MINOR BLACKFORD, M.D., F.A.C.P.*Read before Fulton County Medical Society, February 7, 1946.From Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCalcification of healed myocardial infarctsMassive Calcification of the MyocardiumCardiovascular SystemMassive calcification of the myocardiumDie Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktDetection and Identification of Intracardiac CalcificationsAuricular calcification 1 December 1947Volume 27, Issue 6 Page: 1036-1040 Keywords Bone Calcium Kidney stones Myocarditis Myocardium Pericardium Sepsis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...