Some clinics will now check your breast scan for arterial calcification, which can be a sign of heart disease risk. But questions remain about the approach.

So, not only should you not decrease dietary calcium consumption in an attempt to avoid arterial calcification, but don’t lower intake for other reasons, like seeking to avoid kidney stones.

Calcium is also instrumental in helping arteries to expand and contract, a factor that is so important for regulating blood pressure. And calcium is vital for the proper functioning of nerves.

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Dr. Vuppuluri emphasizes that early detection of coronary calcification is important because it’s an indicator of how much plaque buildup there is in the coronary arteries.

A coronary calcium scan measures the amount of calcium in the arteries, which reflects calcified plaques. However, if there are plaques that have not yet calcified, they will not be detected.

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Internal mammary artery graft to the left anterior descending to that most important vessel in the front of the heart has about a 95 percent chance of being open ten years after your bypass operation.