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

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