What is calcification in the coronary artery tract?

Calcification of coronary artery traveled area is considered to be coronary atherosclerosis, which may be related to dyslipidemia, improper diet, hypertension, heredity and other reasons. 1. Dyslipidemia: it is one of the important risk causes of the disease, mainly the marked increase of LDL, lipoprotein A, triglyceride, total cholesterol and other indexes. 2. Improper diet: usually refers to the diet structure of high calorie, high fat, high cholesterol, high sugar, the usual intake of micronutrients is low, which also includes excessive alcoholism. 3. Hypertension: Studies have shown that most hypertensive patients will develop coronary atherosclerosis, which may be caused by long-term high blood pressure, causing damage to the endothelial cells of blood vessels and stimulating excessive proliferation of smooth muscle cells. 4. Heredity: coronary atherosclerosis is often inherited through chromosomal dominant inheritance, and most patients have family genetic history. In addition, coronary atherosclerosis may also be related to obesity, diabetes mellitus and abnormal glucose tolerance, smoking and other reasons. To summarize, for patients who are examined to have calcification of coronary artery traveled area, they need to cooperate with doctors to actively treat, so as not to delay the condition.