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A recent study found breast arterial calcification on mammograms could help predict higher risk of stroke, cardiovascular death, and heart disease in women.
A new analysis suggests clinicians could leverage insights from mammograms as part of their cardiovascular risk assessment in women.
Led by investigators at Penn State College of Medicine, results of the meta-analysis, which included data from 9 studies, suggest breast arterial calcification was associated with an elevated likelihood of stroke, cardiovascular death, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and congestive heart failure.
“I think this study is important for primary care physicians, and also cardiologists, and really any clinician that looks at cardiovascular disease risk assessment,” explained study investigator Matthew Nudy, MD, assistant professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences...
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