Measurement and quantification of coronary artery and thoracic aortic calcification Calcification of the coronary arteries and the descending aorta was also measured using ECG-gated non-enhanced CT.

Doctors claim to have uncovered new evidence that tiny life forms known as "nannobacteria" do indeed exist and may cause a range of human illnesses.

Objective To determine the ability of Coronary Artery Calcification Score (CACS) and carotid ultrasonography in detecting subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A set of 104 ...

In a recent issue of Revista Española de Cardiologia, Flores-Ríos et al1 briefly reported the case of a 66-year-old woman with massive left ventricular calcification and concluded that the underlying ...

The calcification of the carotid artery is a sign of advanced arteriosclerosis, which may be associated with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) and can lead to death.

Caseous calcification of mitral annulus, also known as caseoma, is a rare echocardiographic finding. Because it often presents asymptomatically, the diagnosis is usually incidental. The condition ...

Learn about the symptoms, causes, and effects of middle cerebral artery (MCA) strokes, a well-identified type of stroke.

The cause of this calcification is no mystery. As the national parties diverge, voters cease switching between them. That the Republican and Democratic Parties have kept the same names for so long ...

Capsaicin facilitates deacetylation and degradation of Hif1α by upregulating SIRT6, which inhibits osteogenic transdifferentiation and protects against arterial calcification. These data highlight a ...

Calcification, initially thought to be a passive process of calcium/phosphate precipitation in the ECMs, is nowadays described as an active-cell mediated process, which begins by aggregation of ...

Sanifit Therapeutics and Inositec AG, both clinical stage biopharmaceutical companies, are developing first-in-class treatments for progressive vascular calcification and soft tissue disorders ...