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Association of vascular calcification of breast with carotid intima media thickness

PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between breast arterial calcification (BAC) on mammography and carotid intima medial thickness (C-IMT) by comparing these patients with healthy control subjects. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 100 women divided into two groups based on presence of BAC on...

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Autores principales: Sankaran, Priya P., Prajeeth, Rao N., Koteshwara, Prakashini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6798773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31636768
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pjr.2019.88064
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author Sankaran, Priya P.
Prajeeth, Rao N.
Koteshwara, Prakashini
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description PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between breast arterial calcification (BAC) on mammography and carotid intima medial thickness (C-IMT) by comparing these patients with healthy control subjects. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 100 women divided into two groups based on presence of BAC on mammography using the WIPRO GE – DMR PLUS mammography unit. The groups included 50 BAC(+) (case group) and 50 BAC(–) (control group). BAC is defined as two linear calcific deposits forming the rail-road track pattern, with ring-like appearance in cross section. Relevant previous clinical and surgical history was taken and C-IMT was measured using B-mode ultrasonography Aplio XG (Toshiba medical systems corp., Japan) using an 8-13 MHz linear transducer within 1 cm from the proximal and distal portion of the common carotid artery and the mean value was taken. RESULTS: All the participants included in this study were within the age group of 40-70 years. Mean age with BAC(+) was 59.18 ± 8.59 years and BAC(–) was 50.70 ± 7.93 years. Mean C-IMT in the BAC(+) group was 0.86 ± 0.21 mm vs. 0.71 ± 0.12 mm in the BAC(–) group. Chi-square test, independent t test and Spearman’s rho correlation to assess the association of the breast arterial calcification were performed. The study showed significant difference in mean C-IMT between two groups (p value < 0.001) when correlated with age, diabetes, hypertension, presence of BAC and history of surgery and drug intake. CONCLUSIONS: BAC in mammography is independently associated with C-IMT. Furthermore, apart from age and menopausal status a statistically significant positive correlation with C-IMT was observed.
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spelling pubmed-67987732019-10-21 Association of vascular calcification of breast with carotid intima media thickness Sankaran, Priya P. Prajeeth, Rao N. Koteshwara, Prakashini Pol J Radiol Original Paper PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between breast arterial calcification (BAC) on mammography and carotid intima medial thickness (C-IMT) by comparing these patients with healthy control subjects. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 100 women divided into two groups based on presence of BAC on mammography using the WIPRO GE – DMR PLUS mammography unit. The groups included 50 BAC(+) (case group) and 50 BAC(–) (control group). BAC is defined as two linear calcific deposits forming the rail-road track pattern, with ring-like appearance in cross section. Relevant previous clinical and surgical history was taken and C-IMT was measured using B-mode ultrasonography Aplio XG (Toshiba medical systems corp., Japan) using an 8-13 MHz linear transducer within 1 cm from the proximal and distal portion of the common carotid artery and the mean value was taken. RESULTS: All the participants included in this study were within the age group of 40-70 years. Mean age with BAC(+) was 59.18 ± 8.59 years and BAC(–) was 50.70 ± 7.93 years. Mean C-IMT in the BAC(+) group was 0.86 ± 0.21 mm vs. 0.71 ± 0.12 mm in the BAC(–) group. Chi-square test, independent t test and Spearman’s rho correlation to assess the association of the breast arterial calcification were performed. The study showed significant difference in mean C-IMT between two groups (p value < 0.001) when correlated with age, diabetes, hypertension, presence of BAC and history of surgery and drug intake. CONCLUSIONS: BAC in mammography is independently associated with C-IMT. Furthermore, apart from age and menopausal status a statistically significant positive correlation with C-IMT was observed. Termedia Publishing House 2019-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6798773/ /pubmed/31636768 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pjr.2019.88064 Text en Copyright © Polish Medical Society of Radiology 2019 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). License allowing third parties to download articles and share them with others as long as they credit the authors and the publisher, but without permission to change them in any way or use them commercially.
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Association of vascular calcification of breast with carotid intima media thickness
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title_full Association of vascular calcification of breast with carotid intima media thickness
title_fullStr Association of vascular calcification of breast with carotid intima media thickness
title_full_unstemmed Association of vascular calcification of breast with carotid intima media thickness
title_short Association of vascular calcification of breast with carotid intima media thickness
title_sort association of vascular calcification of breast with carotid intima media thickness
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6798773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31636768
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pjr.2019.88064
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