Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Various methods to quantify calcified coronary plaque have been used in common clinical practice in the past few decades to compliment cardiovascular risk assessment. The estimation of calcium load in other organs and conditions has been at best semi-quantitative. Patients with long-standing hypoparathyroidism are known to suffer with nephrocalcinosis and basal ganglia calcification. We attempted to quantify end-organ calcium burden in a series of patients with v...