Diem P, Zimmermann A
Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Inselspital.
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1988 Feb 5;113(5):177-9. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1067615.
The chest X-ray of a 61-year-old man with severe aortic and mitral stenosis revealed extensive, circularly arranged calcifications in the wall of the left atrial appendage. He died soon after admission to hospital and autopsy confirmed the atrial calcifications in association with severe mitral stenosis. Although such calcification of the left atrial wall is rare, it can be of importance because it may make the usual surgical approach to mitral valve replacement impossible.
一名患有严重主动脉瓣和二尖瓣狭窄的61岁男性的胸部X光片显示，左心耳壁有广泛的、呈环状排列的钙化。他入院后不久死亡，尸检证实存在心房钙化并伴有严重二尖瓣狭窄。虽然左心房壁的这种钙化很少见，但它可能很重要，因为它可能使二尖瓣置换的常规手术方法无法进行。
