ReviewJournal of cardiovascular imaging2018
Breast Arterial Calcification: A Potential Surrogate Marker for Cardiovascular Disease.
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- Breast arterial calcification rates in screening mammography patients without a history of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs).Clinical imaging · 2026Article
- Review of breast arterial calcifications for cardiovascular disease risk prediction.NPJ cardiovascular health · 2026Review
- Automated assessment of breast arterial calcification: a new frontier in cardiovascular risk prediction.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
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- Deep transfer learning for detection of breast arterial calcifications on mammograms: a comparative study.European radiology experimental · 2024Article
- A Multi-Task Learning Approach for Segmentation of Breast Arterial Calcifications in Screening Mammograms.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2024Article
- Automated classification of fat-infiltrated axillary lymph nodes on screening mammograms.The British journal of radiology · 2023Article
- Detection and quantification of breast arterial calcifications on mammograms: a deep learning approach.European radiology · 2023Article
- Examining gain- and loss-framed messages in a novel breast cancer screening/cardiovascular context: Does framing matter?PEC innovation · 2022Article
- Breast arterial calcification rates in a diverse, urban group of screening mammography patients.Annals of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Evaluation and management of blood lipids through a woman's life cycle.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2022Review
- Breast arterial calcifications as an indicator of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: comparative analysis of coronary computed tomography scoring systems and carotid intima-media thickness.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Assessing the Stress Echocardiography in Women With Breast Arterial Calcification.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2021Article
- Semiquantitative score of breast arterial calcifications on mammography (BAC-SS): intra- and inter-reader reproducibility.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2021Article
- Breast Arterial Calcification: A Potential Biomarker for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk?Current atherosclerosis reports · 2021Review
- Microvascular Disease and Small-Vessel Disease: The Nexus of Multiple Diseases of Women.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Breast arterial calcifications (BAC), frequently observed on screening mammography, have been considered as an incidental finding without increased risk for breast cancer. They are medial calcifications and therefore, are indicative of arteriosclerosis. Previous studies indicated that the risk factors of BAC partly overlap with those of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and the presence of BAC is associated with prevalent and incident CVD. This suggests that medial arterial calcification might contribute to CVD through a pathway distinct from the intimal atherosclerotic process. A recent study showed that the presence and severity of BAC are associated with the presence of coronary artery calcification or plaques on coronary computed tomography angiography in asymptomatic women aged more than 40 years. In addition, BAC provided an independent and incremental predictive value over conventional risk factors. Given that population-based mammography screening is currently recommended in asymptomatic women, the evaluation of BAC may be helpful in identifying high-risk women without additional cost or radiation exposure.
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