The role of cardiac calcification detected by echocardiography in diagnosis of ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

It is recognized that vascular calcifications, assessed by multiple modalities, including electron-beam computed tomography (CT), echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are associated with cardiovascular disease. Within the last few years, noninvasive imaging modalities, able to detect atherothrombotic disease in the various stages, have made significant progress. Emerging and promising techniques, CT and MRI, can evaluatecalcification and luminal stenosis in the coronary tree.