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arterial calcification

Deposition of Ca+2 in the arteries. Etiology: - atherosclerosis - chronic renal failure - genetic disease - idiopathic infantile arterial calcification

Specific

coronary artery calcification idiopathic infantile arterial calcification; generalized arterial calcification of infancy

General

ectopic/dystrophic calcification

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2021