Is a calcified plaque in a coronary artery coronary artery disease?

Coronary heart disease belongs to coronary atherosclerosis, coronary artery calcified plaque is not necessarily coronary atherosclerosis. Through the coronary angiography, found to have coronary artery calcified plaque formation, only suggests that the coronary artery has the risk of blockage, and cause the coronary artery blockage causes more, in addition to coronary artery atherosclerosis, but also may be the vascular inflammatory reaction, caused by parenchymal infiltration, or due to the occurrence of calcium salt deposition caused by the reaction, generally preferred in the middle-aged and elderly people. Coronary artery calcification often occurs along with coronary atherosclerosis, and when calcified plaque is severe, balloon dilatation or intracoronary stenting is required. If you want to analyze in detail whether it belongs to coronary atherosclerosis, you need to do coronary CT angiography, echocardiography, cardiac ultrasound and other tests, once diagnosed with the disease, you should be directed by a physician as soon as possible targeted treatment.