A calcified deposit or stone-like formation found in heart tissue.
From Greek 'kardia' (heart) + 'lithos' (stone). Medical terminology formed to describe pathological mineral deposits that accumulate in cardiac tissue, similar to kidney stones.
Cardiolith deposits are rare and mysterious—doctors still aren't entirely sure how they form or what triggers calcium to crystallize inside heart muscle, making them a diagnostic curiosity.
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