1. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2010 Nov-Dec;4(6):402-4. Epub 2010 Sep 20. "Porcelain heart" cardiomyopathy secondary to hyperparathyroidism: radiographic, echocardiographic, and cardiac CT appearances. Freeman J, Dodd JD, Ridge CA, O'Neill A, McCreery C, Quinn M. Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland. We report the radiographic, echocardiographic and cardiac CT appearances of 'porcelain heart' in an 85-year-old woman who presented with progressive heart failure. The extensive myocardial calcification was secondary to hyperparathyroidism with renal failure. PMID: 21030332 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]