Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-ND 4.0JACC Case Reports
Myocardial Calcification After Severe Sepsis
4 affiliations
- 1Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- 2Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- 3Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- 4Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades Cardiovasculares - CIBERCV, Madrid, Spain
Abstract
Myocardial calcification is a rare but increasingly recognized complication of severe systemic illness, particularly sepsis and critical illness. We report 3 men who developed left ventricular myocardial calcification after septic shock or prolonged intensive care unit admission. In all cases, computed tomography identified the extent and distribution of calcium deposition, whereas cardiac magnetic resonance demonstrated nonischemic late gadolinium enhancement in corresponding segments. These cases illustrate the heterogeneous long-term consequences of postseptic myocardial calcification and highlight the complementary roles of cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance in diagnosis, tissue characterization, arrhythmic risk assessment, and follow-up.
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BibTeX
@article{ruizlopez2026myocardial,
title = {{Myocardial Calcification After Severe Sepsis}},
author = {Adrià Ruiz-López and Mario Salido Iniesta and Sònia Gómez Revelles and Álvaro Rodríguez-Pérez and Dánae García Cosculluela and Juan Fernández-Martínez and Horacio Majul and Lluis Simón Pascua and David Viladés Medel and Rubén Leta},
journal = {JACC Case Reports},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.109933},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.109933},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Myocardial Calcification After Severe Sepsis
AU - Adrià Ruiz-López
AU - Mario Salido Iniesta
AU - Sònia Gómez Revelles
AU - Álvaro Rodríguez-Pérez
AU - Dánae García Cosculluela
AU - Juan Fernández-Martínez
AU - Horacio Majul
AU - Lluis Simón Pascua
AU - David Viladés Medel
AU - Rubén Leta
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/21
JO - JACC Case Reports
DO - 10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.109933
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.109933
AB - Myocardial calcification is a rare but increasingly recognized complication of severe systemic illness, particularly sepsis and critical illness. We report 3 men who developed left ventricular myocardial calcification after septic shock or prolonged intensive care unit admission. In all cases, computed tomography identified the extent and distribution of calcium deposition, whereas cardiac magnetic resonance demonstrated nonischemic late gadolinium enhancement in corresponding segments. These cases illustrate the heterogeneous long-term consequences of postseptic myocardial calcification and highlight the complementary roles of cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance in diagnosis, tissue characterization, arrhythmic risk assessment, and follow-up.
SN - 2666-0849
ER -