title: [Quantitative assessment of vascular calcification--Potential for diagnosis of vascular aging].
abstract: Quantitative assessment of vascular calcification is important in understanding the mechanisms of vascular aging. To elucidate the progress of calcification with aging, we measured calcium contents in various blood vessels by atomic emission spectrometry and analysis of X-ray CT image. These quantitative assessments revealed that the progress of calcification was different by arterial region. A novel diagnosis considering the difference of calcification progress will provide useful information for understanding vascular ageing.
authors.affiliation: Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering Science.
authors.forename: Shuichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tohno
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D000792:Angiography; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium