Torrent Guasp’s Helicoid Pattern Myocardial Calcification

Clinical case

72-year-old male patient with a past medical history of arterial hypertension, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, active tobacco consumption and chronic stable angina (coronary angiography showed severe stenosis in small size obtuse marginal branch). He also had a history of alcohol consumption, pancreatic calcification and renal lithiasis, without a history of Cancer, Sepsis or Tuberculosis to justify these diffuse calcifications.

He presented to the outpatient cardiology clinic complaining of angina and dyspnea New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II. His electrocardiogram (ECG) showed sinus rhythm and suggested left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) without signs of ischemia.

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