Radiographic Vascular Calcification: Mechanisms, Detection, and Cardiovascular Risk
1. Introduction Vascular calcification is a frequent and clinically profound finding on radiographic imaging, characterized by the abnormal deposition of calcium-phosphate complexes within the walls of the body’s blood vessels. Historically dismissed as an inevitable, passive consequence of advanced age, modern vascular biology has radically redefined this process. Vascular calcification is now recognized as a … Read more