Can Coronary Artery Calcifications Come From Atelectasis?

Posted on Tue, 16 Jun 2015

Question: Can etensive coronary artery calcifications come from atelectasis?

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
No pathophysiological correlation between them.

Detailed Answer:

Hello!

Thank you for asking on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would like to explain that coronary artery calcifications and atelectasis are two entities totally different in their meanings, pathophysiological and anatomical disorders they describe.

Coronary artery calcifications are considered a marker of chronic coronary lesions (stenoses), while atelectasis means lung tissue collapse.

Being so different disorders, one localised in coronary arteries, the other appearing as a pulmonary pathology, excludes any potential logical derivation of one from the other.

If fact, it doesn't exist a pathophysiological connection between them.

So, my answer is definitely: NO!

It is not possible that coronary artery calcifications come from atelectasis!

Hope to have been helpful to you!

Feel free to ask me whenever you need. Greetings! Dr. Iliri

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj