Physiological extracellular matrix (ECM) calcification or mineralization is restricted to bones, teeth and the hypertrophic zone of growth plate cartilage. In contrast, pathological ECM ...

Risk for all-cause mortality and MACEs are affected by calcified and low-attenuation plaque burdens in patients with chronic kidney disease.

The minimal stent area at the site of maximal calcification was 7.67 ± 2.27 mm 2 in the orbital atherectomy group and 7.42 ± 2.54 mm 2 in the balloon angioplasty group, a difference that was not ...

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In Nijmegen, Netherlands, researchers have installed the world's first microscope capable of live imaging of biological ...