How breast cancer screening can identify CVD risk

Becker's Healthcare November 6, 2024
Elizabeth Gregerson

Breast arterial calcifications are benign calcium buildups that in mammograms look like white parallel lines. Measuring these calcifications may improve cardiovascular risk in women, according to a study published Sept. 27 in JACC: Advances.

Researchers from University of California San Diego analyzed 18,092 women’s mammogram results from 2007 and 2016 and quantified a breast arterial calcification score using an AI. The score was then evaluated against patient mortality and cardiovascular event incidence data.

What to know from the study

1. Breast arterial calcification was found in 4,223 women.
2. Mortality occurred in 7.8% of women with breast arterial calcification and 2.3% of women without.
3. Acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke and mortality occurred in 12.4% of women with breast arterial calcification...

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