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American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 95, 667-672, Copyright © 1965 by American Roentgen Ray Society

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CORONARY CALCIFICATION

JOSEPH JORGENS M.D., PH.D.1, WILLIAM J. BOARDMAN M.D.2, SHELDON W. DAMBERG M.D.2, WILLIAM N. KINNEY M.D.2, and ROBERT R. KUNDEL M.D.2

1 Chief, Radiology Service, Veterans Administration Hospital; Professor in Radiology, University of Minnesota
2 Resident, Radiology Service, Veterans Administration Hospital; Fellow in Radiology, University of Minnesota

Through the use of cinefluorography, calcium deposits can be visualized in the coronary arteries. Because this calcification develops in conjunction with the arteriosclerotic process, cinefluorography provides direct evidence of coronary arteriosclerosis in the living man.

Arteriosclerotic heart disease and myocardial infarctions are closely associated with the number of main coronary branches calcified. While one calcified coronary artery seems to be of little clinical significance, those hearts with 2 or 3 calcified coronary arteries showed an increased incidence of a myocardial infarction being present at autopsy.


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