Arterial calcium on mammograms is not associated with inflammatory markers for heart disease risk

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-542

  Maas, Angela H E M ^a,d   Van Der Schouw, Y T ^b   Beijerinck, D ^c   Deurenberg, J J ^c   Mali, W P T M ^b   Van Der Graaf, Y ^b  

^a Isala Klinieken ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Preventicon Breast Cancer Screening Center   (Netherlands)

^d ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CANCER SCREENING; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

AGED; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645226816     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.065953     Document Type: Article

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