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Deposition of calcium into the blood vessel structures. Excessive calcification of the vessels is 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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- Vascular Calcinosis
- Calcification, Vascular
- Calcinosis, Vascular
- Vascular Calcifications
- Vascular Calcinoses
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2012
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- Calcinosis (1964-2011)
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- National Library of Medicine. Vascular Calcification. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D061205. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D061205
- Vascular Calcification. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54911504