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cindysue
Aug 16, 2010, 08:03 AM
My husband is a long term dialysis patient, he just an echo done, would this test show calficiation crystals of his vessels

JudyKayTee
Aug 16, 2010, 08:07 AM
My husband was a dialysis patient - my understanding is that an echo does show calcification in the vessels in and around the heart. My husband had the test twice a year, routinely.

Coronary Artery Calcification: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Imaging Methods, and Clinical Implications: A Statement for Health Professionals From the American Heart Association -- Wexler et al. 94 (5): 1175 -- Circulation (http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/94/5/1175)

cindysue
Aug 16, 2010, 08:09 AM
I appreciate your quick response. Anything else you can tell me about crystal calcification