Rheumatic heart disease can lead to pericarditis, which can uncommonly result in a multifocal distribution of pericardial calcification. It is important to rule out tuberculosis as a cause of ...

"Heart disease is the leading killer annually—about 18 million deaths per year—and that number is growing. A large proportion ...

Physiological extracellular matrix (ECM) calcification or mineralization is restricted to bones, teeth and the hypertrophic zone of growth plate cartilage. In contrast, pathological ECM ...

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) occurs when chunks of calcium collect inside the heart’s two main arteries. CAC tends to affect older individuals more frequently, but lifestyle factors like ...

Excessive use of calcium supplements can pose significant health risks, including cardiovascular diseases such as heart ...

Calcifications appearing grossly as a cloudy fluid surrounding the aortic valve ... and one minor criterion was satisfied by our patient having a predisposed valvular heart condition, according to the ...

In a study of 17 patients by Come and Riley2 an association among mitral regurgitation, congestive heart failure, and papillary muscle calcification was found. We present a rare case of extensive ...

Therefore, dystrophic calcification of the fetal myocardium may have a similar appearance to single or multiple rhabdomyomas. This should be considered when counselling parents after detection of ...

Background Vascular calcification is a marker of endothelial cell damage and is associated with cardiovascular morbidity. Calcification of the abdominal aorta (AA) is occasionally noted as an ...

Moritz Lehners, Hannes Schmidt, Maria T K Zaldivia, Daniel Stehle, Michael Krämer, Andreas Peter, Julia Adler, Robert Lukowski, Susanne Feil, Robert Feil: Single-cell analysis identifies the ...

Objective The role of vitamin K in the regulation of vascular calcification is established. However, the association of dietary vitamins K1 and K2 with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is ...