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Vertebral artery calcification

MedGen UID:
1620955
•Concept ID:
C4531210
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0031308

Definition

An accumulation of calcium and phosphate in arteries with mineral deposits in the intimal or medial layer of the vessel wall in the vertebral artery. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVertebral artery calcification

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Outcomes after endovascular treatment of symptomatic patients with Takayasu's arteritis.
Kim HJ, Lee CS, Kim JS, Know SU, Kim JL, Park JW, Hyun DH, Suh DC
Interv Neuroradiol 2011 Jun;17(2):252-60. Epub 2011 Jun 20 doi: 10.1177/159101991101700219. PMID: 21696668Free PMC Article
Reliability of panoramic radiograph for carotid atheroma detection: a study in patients who fulfill the criteria for carotid endarterectomy.
Damaskos S, Griniatsos J, Tsekouras N, Georgopoulos S, Klonaris C, Bastounis E, Tsiklakis K
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2008 Nov;106(5):736-42. Epub 2008 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.03.039. PMID: 18602315

Recent clinical studies

Clinical prediction guides

Calcification of the vertebral artery.
Katada K, Kanno T, Sano H, Shinomiya Y, Koga S
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1983 May-Jun;4(3):450-3. PMID: 6410769Free PMC Article

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