Breast arterial calcifications and carotid intima-media thickness and haemodynamics: Is there any association?

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Buyukkaya R., BUYUKKAYA A., ALTUNKAS A., Erdogmus B., Yazici B., Ozturk B., ...More

ANADOLU KARDIYOLOJI DERGISI-THE ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.14, no.4, pp.378-382, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/akd.2014.4705
  • Journal Name: ANADOLU KARDIYOLOJI DERGISI-THE ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.378-382
  • Keywords: atherosclerosis, breast calcification, intima-media thickness, Doppler ultrasonography, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY, RISK-FACTORS, PREDICTION

Abstract

Objective: In this study, we aimed to research the relation between breast arterial calcifications (BACs) detected on mammography and two well-known markers of cardiovascular diseases-carotid artery intima-media thickness (C-IMT) and haemodynamics parameters like carotid peak-systolic velocity (PSV), end-diastolic velocity (EDV) and resistive index (RI).