Calcification

Ready availability of the ultrafast CT scan has given increasing data regarding coronary calcium score progression, as offered by Jeff Dach, MD, of Davie, Florida, in the midst of a paradigm shift in cardiology. Inflammation, particularly associated with infections, has been directly implicated in calcification changes in all tissues, including coronaries, signaling the demand for a changing paradigm in severe disease development and treatment. EDTA chelation therapy was first shown in 1992 to reduce calcium scores in selected patients.

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Fetuin: Fetuin is an acidic blood protein that is considered to be an inhibitory protein that helps prevent ectopic calcifications in soft tissues, plaques, and stones.

p-Cresol sulfate is a sulfate conjugate of the uremic toxin pcresol, which is formed by bacterial fermentation of proteins in the large intestine. ... Serum levels of total and free p-cresol sulfate are increased in patients with advanced stage chronic kidney disease and positively associated with vascular calcification