Key result
In a study of 110 women, mammographically detected breast arterial calcifications were significantly correlated with atheromatosis of the carotid or femoral arteries.
Why the study?
Is the presence of mammographically detected breast arterial calcifications associated with systemic vascular disease in women?
Observational (n=110)
Is the presence of mammographically detected breast arterial calcifications associated with systemic vascular disease in women?
Mammographically detected breast arterial calcifications may serve as a useful opportunistic screening tool to identify women at risk for systemic vascular disease.
Breast arterial calcifications on mammography were associated with peripheral arterial atheromatosis; leaves open whether mammograms can aid vascular risk assessment in women.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the association between mammographically detected arterial calcifications and systemic vascular disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The medical records of 77 women who had either breast arterial calcifications or underwent surgery for carotid stenosis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, or femoropopliteal bypass (study groups A and B) were evaluated and compared with 33 women without breast arterial calcifications (group C). Patients in both arms of the study underwent additional vascular tests or mammography. RESULTS: Currently available data indicate that there is a statistically significant correlation between the presence of arterial calcifications on the mammogram and atheromatosis of the carotid or femoral arteries. CONCLUSION: Screening mammograms might be useful in the detection of women at risk for systemic vascular disease.
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Markopoulos et al. (2004) conducted an observational in Systemic vascular disease (n=110). Mammographically detected breast arterial calcifications vs. Absence of breast arterial calcifications was evaluated on Atheromatosis of the carotid or femoral arteries. In a study of 110 women, mammographically detected breast arterial calcifications were significantly correlated with atheromatosis of the carotid or femoral arteries.
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