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Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Atherosclerosis/*epidemiology;; Breast/*blood supply;; Calcinosis/*diagnosis/*pathology;; Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology;; Cerebral Arterial Diseases/epidemiology;; Coronary Artery Disease/epidemiology;; Female;; Humans;; Mammary Arteries/*pathology;; Mammography/*methods;; Odds Ratio;; Predictive Value of Tests;; Risk Factors;; Sensitivity and Specificity;; Stroke/epidemiology
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Mammographically Detectable Breast Arterial Calcification And Atherosclerosis, N. Shah, V. Chainani, P. Delafontaine, A. Abdo, J. Lafferty, N. Abi Rafeh
Mammographically Detectable Breast Arterial Calcification And Atherosclerosis, N. Shah, V. Chainani, P. Delafontaine, A. Abdo, J. Lafferty, N. Abi Rafeh
Journal Articles
Breast arterial calcification (BAC), observed as an incidental finding on screening mammograms, represents degenerative calcific changes occurring in the mammary arteries, with increasing age. The aim of this review is to discuss relevant literature examining relation between BAC and atherosclerosis. After a thorough literature search, in OVID and PubMed, 199 studies were identified, of which 25 were relevant to our review. Data were abstracted from each study and statistical analysis was done, including calculation of odds ratios and construction of forest plots. A total of 35,542 patients were enrolled across 25 studies looking at an association between BAC and coronary …