 Vascular Calcification
"Vascular Calcification" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Deposition of calcium into the blood vessel structures. Excessive calcification of the vessels are associated with ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES formation particularly after MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (see MONCKEBERG MEDIAL CALCIFIC SCLEROSIS) and chronic kidney diseases which in turn increase VASCULAR STIFFNESS.
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D061205
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.452.174.130.780
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| Concept/Terms |
Vascular Calcification- Vascular Calcification
- Calcification, Vascular
- Calcifications, Vascular
- Vascular Calcifications
- Vascular Calcinosis
- Calcinoses, Vascular
- Calcinosis, Vascular
- Vascular Calcinoses
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vascular Calcification" by people in Profiles.
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Ferreira CR, Hackbarth ME, Ziegler SG, Pan KS, Roberts MS, Rosing DR, Whelpley MS, Bryant JC, Macnamara EF, Wang S, M?ller K, Hartley IR, Chew EY, Corden TE, Jacobsen CM, Holm IA, Rutsch F, Dikoglu E, Chen MY, Mughal MZ, Levine MA, Gafni RI, Gahl WA. Prospective phenotyping of long-term survivors of generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI). Genet Med. 2021 02; 23(2):396-407.
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