The left ventricle responds by developing hypertrophy to overcome the stenosis. The increased wall thickness helps normalize wall stress and maintain cardiac output in the normal range.

Logistic regression is the most cost-effective model for medial vascular calcification classification, with a mean ICER of $278 using five low-cost features. Despite similar diagnostic accuracy ...

Coronary calcification is a strong indicator of coronary artery disease and a key determinant of the outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention. We propose a fully automated method to segment and ...

Severe coronary artery calcification in patients with CKD increases the risk for heart failure, heart valve calcification, and progression to kidney failure.

A heart of stone: Study defines the process of and defenses against cardiac valve calcification Date: June 27, 2024 Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau Summary: The ...

Methods In prospective study of 958 ambulant community-dwelling older women (≥70 years), lateral spine images (LSI) captured in 1998 (baseline) from a bone density machine were used to assess ...

Brain calcification can cause movement disorders and cognitive impairment. Researchers at the Arnesen Lab at UiB have now identified a gene that provides new insight into how these calcifications ...

What Is Coronary Calcification And Why Does It Matter? Coronary calcification (CC) refers to calcium deposits in the walls of the arteries of the heart. While people often have no symptoms at ...

In a recent issue of Revista Española de Cardiologia, Flores-Ríos et al1 briefly reported the case of a 66-year-old woman with massive left ventricular calcification and concluded that the underlying ...