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Role of breast vascular calcification in predicting cardiovascular risk
Author(s) -
Mendonça Roberto M.,
Araruna Arthur L.,
Alves Flora V.,
Souza Thaís R.,
Egito Eryvaldo S.T.,
Gonçalves Ana K.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/ijgo.12716
Subject(s) - medicine , calcification , cardiology , coronary artery calcium , coronary calcium score , calcinosis , coronary artery disease
We identified a positive association between presence of breast vascular calcification and high coronary calcium score, and thus with high cardiovascular risk.