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Unexpected massive myocardial calcification

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A 62-year-old female with a history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation and pulmonary embolism was admitted for dyspnoea.

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Departments of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

C.N. Ionescu Section of Cardiology, Hospital of Saint Raphael, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, USA

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Ionescu, C.N., Marcu, C.B. Unexpected massive myocardial calcification. NHJL 17, 491 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03086310

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