arterial calcification

Introduction

Deposition of Ca+2 in the arteries.

Etiology

• atherosclerosis
• chronic renal failure
• genetic disease
  • idiopathic infantile arterial calcification

More general terms

• ectopic/dystrophic calcification

More specific terms

• coronary artery calcification
• idiopathic infantile arterial calcification; generalized arterial calcification of infancy