calcification

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A scan with significant calcification helps doctors and patients make a decision about whether they need to take a statin or other cholesterol-lowering medication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

She stated the actual cause of death was narrowing and "calcification of his coronary arteries due to old age".

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

Nevertheless, individuals who had large amounts of damaged teeth possessed higher rates of inflammation, brain tissue loss and aortic valve calcification.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024

"The presence of coronary artery calcification indicates that atherosclerosis may have been present for some time."

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024

In the smaller muscular arteries is seen the intimal proliferation, the stretching of the Moenckeberg type, and the calcification of the media rather than the intima.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall