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Is abdominal aortic calcification identified on DXA a marker of generalized atherosclerosis in elderly women?
Is abdominal aortic calcification identified on DXA a marker of generalized atherosclerosis in elderly women?
Abdominal aortic calcification detected via routine DXA scans for osteoporosis is a promising, low-cost, and minimal-radiation marker for generalized extracoronary atherosclerosis in elderly women.
May support AAC on DXA as atherosclerosis marker in elderly women; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
AAC identified on images from a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry machine were strongly related to carotid ultrasound measures of atherosclerosis. This low-cost, minimal radiation technique used widely for osteoporosis screening is a promising marker of generalized extracoronary atherosclerosis.
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