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It is not at all improbable that calcified arteries in the living subject may be equally well shown.
It is not known why some valves tend to thicken and calcify earlier than others.
In cases where a patient presented calcifying tendinitis, an open acromioplasty with lime deposit dissection was performed.
Cysts with fluid only and without protoscoleces were considered sterile, and all hard cysts were classified as calcified.
With the continued stress of ejected systolic volume over the other leaflet, it would tend to become fibrotic and calcified.
Bioprosthetic valves have a strong tendency to calcify in children.
In addition, for cases with calcifying tendinitis, the calcified area can be optionally removed.
However, very small, atypical or calcified liver lesions are recalcitrant to these methods.
