title: Ask the doctor.  A test showed that I have calcium in my aorta.  My doctor said it isn't serious, and that, as a 79-year-old, I will have to "live with it."  Can you tell me more about this condition?
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000473:pathology*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D006801:Humans