Calcium scoring may be useful when performed with an otherwise indicated multi-slice cardiac CTA to assess the calcium burden of the coronary arteries to determine whether an adequate scan can be obtained. The calcium score may be estimated with a scout scan, and the injection of contrast withhel...
all sorts of "gunge" - including calcium deposits, fatty deposits, and abnormal inflammatory cells - to form a plaque. Deposits of calcium phosphates (hydroxyapatites) in the muscular layer of the blood vessels appear to play not only a significant role in stiffening arteries ...