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Image Duarte et al. Myocardial calcification Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 114(1):133-135 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Sources of Funding There were no external funding sources for this study. Study Association This study is not associatedwith any thesis or dissertationwork. Ethics approval and consent to participate This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. Table 1 – Possible myocardial calcification etiologies Metastatic calcification (Altered serum calcium level) Dystrophic calcification (Calcium accumulation in necrotic tissues, without hypercalcemia) Chronic renal failure Infections Primary parathyroidism Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Neoplasms Inflammatory processes Bone disturbances Processes myocardial infarction Medications Myocarditis Author contributions Acquisition of data: Montemor ML; Writing of the manuscript: Duarte SBCP; Critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: Mangini S, Avila MS, Bacal F. 1. Nance JW Jr, Crane GM, Halushka MK, Fishman EK, Zimmerman SL. Myocardialcalcifications:pathophysiology,etiologies,differentialdiagnoses, and imaging findings. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2015; 9(1):58-67. 2. Ahmed T, Inayat F, Haq M, Ahmed T. Myocardial calcification secondary to toxic shock syndrome: a comparative review of 17 cases. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jan 10;12(1):pii.bcr-2018-228054. 3. Kapandji N, Redheuil A, Fouret P, Hékimian G, Lebreton G, Bréchot N,et al. Extensive Myocardial Calcification in Critically Ill Patients. Crit Care Med. 2018;46(7):702-6. References 135