Thursday, 21 January 2010

Breast Arterial Calcifications on Mammograms Do Not Predict Coronary Heart Disease at Coronary Angiograph

Breast Arterial Calcifications on Mammograms Do Not Predict Coronary Heart Disease at Coronary Angiography
Radiology February 2010 254:367-373
Mohammad H. Zgheib, Shalom S. Buchbinder, Nidal Abi Rafeh, Marwan Elya, Carolyn Raia, Kathleen Ahern, Marianne C. Smith, Thomas Costantino, Michael J. Flory, James C. Lafferty, Mario R. Castellanos

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Among the women who underwent coronary angiography, the frequency of breast arterial calcification in the women with coronary heart disease (CHD) was not significantly different from that in those without CHD, even when CHD severity and location were considered

Identification of Residual Breast Carcinoma Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Diffusion-weighted Imaging—Comparison with Contrast-enhanced MR Imagin

Identification of Residual Breast Carcinoma Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Diffusion-weighted Imaging—Comparison with Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging and Pathologic Findings
Reiko Woodhams, Satoko Kakita, Hirofumi Hata, Keiichi Iwabuchi, Masaru Kuranami, Shiva Gautam, Hiroto Hatabu, Shinichi Kan, Carolyn Mountford
Radiology February 2010 254:357-366

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Diffusion-weighted MR imaging without contrast medium may provide diagnostic ability equivalent to that of contrast-enhanced MR imaging in detection of residual breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy