Left atrial calcification in a hemodialysis patient with cor triatriatum

Myocardial calcification is a rare manifestation of abnormal calcium metabo lism seen in some patients with chronic renal failure. This report describe s the transesophageal echocardiographlc and spiral computed tomography (CT) findings in a young hemodialysis female with severe secondary hyperparathy roidism. These findings included calcification of the multiperforated membr ane of a cor triatriatum and the wall of the left atrium, (C) 2000 by the N ational Kidney Foundation, Inc.