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calcification

[kal-suh-fi-kay-shuhn] / ˌkæl sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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A recent study found that people exposed to more unfavorable neighborhood social conditions when they were young adults had a greater likelihood of developing coronary artery calcification by midlife.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

Additional experiments showed that genetically deleting IL-1b significantly reduced valve calcification and disease symptoms, even when P. gingivalis was present.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

Seeing a scan with calcification can help sway patients on the fence, many of whom are hesitant to take medications like statins, says Khan.

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

When the calcification occurs in plates through the media, the well known pipe stem vessel is produced.

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

“One of the reasons why clinicians use this is because there is data that shows when there are coronary calcifications patients are more likely to take medications and to adopt other preventive therapies,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

“No significant masses, calcifications or other findings are seen in either breast.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

The complete absence of coronary calcifications, on the other hand, is a good indicator of the absence of advanced atherosclerosis.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024

She cried because Alícia had “such a little head,” but doctors waited a month to tell her Alícia had microcephaly and brain calcifications, confirmed by a brain scan.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2017

Flesh inside the cracked opened shells was examined by clammers who hoped to find roundish, calcifications that had formed over little grains of sand.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2015


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