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Arterial Calcifications in Thoracoabdominal Computer Tomography: Frequency, and Correlation with Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases

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Arteriosclerosis results from various noxae acting on the vessel wall. It becomes irreversibly manifest in the terminal stage as a brace-like calcification of the vascular lumen via the prestages of intimai fat deposits and fibrous plaques (Grundy 1983). These calcifications are frequently discovered as incidental findings in computer tomograms. The resolution capacity of computer tomography (CT) is several times higher than that of conventional X-rays, so that CT is to be regarded as the method of choice for detection of calcifications (Hounsfield 1973). In the present study, the frequency of arterial calcifications was measured in computer tomograms, and their correlation with risk factors and cardiovascular diseases already known was investigated.

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  1. Institute for Radiology and Pathophysiology, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany

    J. Görich, I. Zuna, M. Merle, S. A. Beyer-Enke, K. Weixelbaum & G. van Kaick

  2. Hospital for Thoracic Diseases, Rohrbach, Heidelberg, Germany

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  1. Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Gasthuisberg, Dienst Radiologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

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  2. Radiologisches Institut im Zentrum Radiologie, Katharinenhospital Stuttgart, Hermann-Kurz-Straße 5, D-7000, Stuttgart 1, Germany

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Görich, J. et al. (1993). Arterial Calcifications in Thoracoabdominal Computer Tomography: Frequency, and Correlation with Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases. In: Baert, A.L., Heuck, F.H.W. (eds) Frontiers in European Radiology. Frontiers in European Radiology, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77369-3_9

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