A systematic review of radiological and histological findings of septic myocardial calcifications.
Myocardial calcification
Sepsis
Septic myocardial calcification
Journal
Journal of forensic and legal medicine
ISSN: 1878-7487
Titre abrégé: J Forensic Leg Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101300022
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
20
05
2020
revised:
08
07
2020
accepted:
13
07
2020
pubmed:
7
8
2020
medline:
23
2
2021
entrez:
7
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Myocardial calcification is a life-threatening condition that is a recognised complication of ischaemic heart disease, cardiac surgery, rheumatic fever, myocarditis and sepsis. Only sparse data, reporting the clinical symptoms, the anatomo-pathological findings, the imaging findings have been published and no exhaustive analysis of all these factors exists in literature. To date, there have been 26 published cases in the medical literature in which myocardial calcifications is the consequence of a septic status. In this review, we will describe the main imaging and histological findings, with particular attention to the known and hypothesized mechanisms of myocardial calcifications. The results of this study may help clinicians and forensic pathologists to identify possible unrecognized cases and inspire the development of an international registry by which to coordinate further research.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32755766
pii: S1752-928X(20)30133-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2020.102026
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Systematic Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102026Informations de copyright
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