[Diabetes mellitus and vascular calcification]
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Calcification of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Imaging of Aortic Calcification and Inflammation
Published on: May 31, 2016
1Department of Geriatric Vascular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine.
Abstract:
Two types of arterial calcification are well recognized:intimal (atherosclerotic) and medial (Monckeberg type). These two calcifications are considered different in pathogenesis. Arterial calcification has recently been reported to be an organized, regulated process similar to bone formation. The relation of calcification to diabetes mellitus remains still unclear. EBCT can noninvasively and accurately detect coronary artery calcification. Diabetic patients seem to have increased prevalence of coronary calcification when compared with non-diabetic patients. Medial artery calcification is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in diabetic patients.
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