Relationship between the arterial calcification detected in mammography and coronary artery disease

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-395

  Topal, Ugur ^a   Kaderli, Aysel ^a   Topal, Naile Bolca ^a   Özdemir, Bülent ^a   Yeşilbursa, Dilek ^a   Cordan, Jale ^a   Ediz, Bülent ^a   Aydinlar, Ali ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arterial calcification; Breast; Coronary artery disease; Mammography

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CORRELATION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION; BREAST; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY ARTERY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548301676     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.01.035     Document Type: Article

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