Topic: Vascular Calcification
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What is Vascular Calcification?
Vascular calcification is hardening or softening of the vascular tissue. This syndrome is commonly seen in people in the later stages of chronic kidney failure. Read More »
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What is vascular calcification of the knee?
This was seen in an xray along with a fracture. Also seen were the words significant effusion. All these terms were on the xray. I am asking what do vascular calcification and significant effusion mean. Thank You. Read More »
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What vascular calcification in the foot mean?
Calcification means calcium is being deposited somewhere. Vascular calcification means there are deposits of calcium in the blood vessels. This turns the vessels hard like bone. Read More »
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In the last decade, the nephrology community has focused its attention on the main cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic renal failure patients: cardiovascular disease. In addition, recent studies pointed out that vascular calcificati...
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Calcification means deposits of calcium in the wall of the vessel, which in this case is the abdominal aorta (large artery that branches directly off of the heart). This is usually a sign of atherosclerosis (hardened arteries) and is common...
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Vascular calcification in the media of blood vessels has been linked to increased stiffness of large conduit arteries in renal patients . This reduced vascular compliance leads to increased pulse pressure, downstream barotrauma, reduced cor...
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The simplest technique is plain x-ray films. Pipe-stem calcification of the tunica media and internal elastic lamina produce spectacular films Figures 1 and . Often the patient has no, or nonspecific, symptoms however dramatic the x-ray fil...
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This calcification may be in the vessels of the kidney nephrons, or in the nephrons outside of the vessels. It may reflect vessel damage, or could be associated with formation of a stone. It is not in the passages for urine, but in the unit...
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In young adults, vascular calcification can start in less than 2 years from the start of dialysis. (ref. Goodman, et. al., "Coronary-Artery Calcification in Young Adults with End-Stage Renal Disease Who Are Undergoing Dialysis." NEJM 2000; ...
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