Contrary to prevailing opinion among many cardiologists, there is an emerging notion that coronary calcification is an active process, a true part of the disease.
For years, calcium in arteries was regarded as a consequence of age, a marker for "senescence." Some even said that calcium in arteries meant that plaque was "hard," and thereby not prone to cause heart attack, since it's the "softer" elements of plaque that are prone to participate in "rupture" that characterizes the majority...
