Breast arterial calcification for personalized cardiovascular risk assessment: Where do we stand?

Atherosclerosis. 2017 Apr:259:101-103. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.02.020. Epub 2017 Feb 27.

Authors

Miguel Cainzos-Achirica¹, Rajesh Tota-Maharaj²

Affiliations

¹ Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA; RTI Health Solutions, Barcelona, Spain.
² Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA; Florida Heart and Vascular Multi-Specialty Group, Leesburg, FL, USA. Electronic address: rajtota09@gmail.com.

PMID: 28270321
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.02.020

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Keywords: Breast artery calcium; Cardiovascular disease; Extra-coronary calcium; Risk; Risk assessment.

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MeSH terms

Arteries
Cardiovascular Diseases*
Humans
Risk Factors
Vascular Calcification*