How contagious is this?
The pure calcification of the coronary arteries is not an infectious disease, but a lengthy process that is mainly influenced by one’s own diet and lifestyle. A slight calcification of the vessels occurs with age in everyone. Nevertheless, genetic predispositions also play a role in the reconstruction of the vessel walls.
If risk factors are inherited, however, one cannot speak of an infection. It has not yet been conclusively clarified whether certain infectious diseases can cause calcification of the vessel walls via inflammation. Should this be confirmed, however, an infectious disease as the cause of calcification of the coronary arteries would in any case be very rare.
