Letter to the editor regarding assessing breast arterial calcification in mammograms and its implications for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk

Clin Imaging. 2024 Sep:113:110243. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2024.110243. Epub 2024 Jul 31.

Authors

Roberto M Mendonça¹, Ingrid N A Queiroz², Ana Katherine Gonçalves³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University Hospital Onofre Lopes, Natal, RN, Brazil. Electronic address: roberto.mendonca@ebserh.gov.br.
² Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University Hospital Onofre Lopes, Natal, RN, Brazil.
³ Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. Electronic address: anakatherine_ufrnet@yahoo.com.br.

PMID: 39106654
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2024.110243

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiovascular risk; Coronary calcium Escore; Mammograms.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Atherosclerosis* / diagnostic imaging
Breast / blood supply
Breast / diagnostic imaging
Breast Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Mammography* / methods
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging