Breast arterial calcification is a predictive factor of cardiovascular disease in Brazilian postmenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-444

  Ferreira, J A S ^a   Pompei, L M ^a   Fernandes, C E ^a   Azevedo, L H ^a   Peixoto, S ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast arterial calcification; Cardiovascular disease; Hormone therapy; Postmenopausal women; Risk markers; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; BREAST ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION; BREAST DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; BREAST; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 70350630591     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130902957287     Document Type: Article

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