title: Association of breast artery calcification with coronary artery disease and carotid intima-media thickness in premenopausal women.
abstract: ABSTRACT This study investigated whether breast arterial calcification (BAC) has an association with coronary artery diseases (CAD) in young premenopausal women and evaluated the association of BAC with carotid intima-media thickness and standard CAD risk factors. Among 84 premenopausal women aged < 55 years who were referred for coronary angiography, 34 (40.5%) had abnormal angiographic findings and 6 (7.1%) showed BAC in their mammograms. The body mass index of patients with BAC was significantly higher than those without BAC. BAC had no significant association with angiography-confirmed CAD.
authors.affiliation: Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran. nizal.sarrafzadegan@gmail.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sarrafzadegann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ashrafi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noorbakhsh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haghighi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mazaheri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asgari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akhavan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008323:Mammary Arteries; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D017697:Premenopause; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D017540:Tunica Media / Q000473:pathology*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler