Mechanisms and clinical consequences of vascular calcification

Vascular calcification has severe clinical consequences and is considered an accurate predictor of future adverse cardiovascular events, including myocardial infarction and stroke. Previously vascular calcification was thought to be a passive process which involved the deposition of calcium and phos...

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Main Authors: Dongxing eZhu, Neil Charles Wallace Mackenzie, Colin eFarquharson, Vicky E Macrae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2012.00095/full