Correlation Between Intramammary Arterial Calcifications and CAD

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-150

  Fiuza Ferreira, Eliane M P ^a   Szejnfeld, Jacob ^b   Faintuch, Salomão ^c  

^a Saint Raphael Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; Intramammary arterial calcifications; mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33846336065     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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