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Relationship between breast arterial calcifications detected on mammography and brachial artery intima-media

Besir Erdogmus1, Ramazan Buyukkaya, Ayla Buyukkaya

  • 1Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey. besirerdogmus@yahoo.com

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
|January 29, 2013
PubMed

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Breast arterial calcification (BAC) is associated with brachial intima-media thickness (B-IMT), but age is a stronger predictor than atherosclerosis. Further studies are needed to clarify this relationship.

Area of Science:

  • Vascular biology
  • Cardiovascular imaging
  • Arterial calcification

Background:

  • Breast arterial calcification (BAC) is linked to coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT).
  • The association between BAC and brachial intima-media thickness (B-IMT) has not been previously investigated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between BAC and B-IMT.
  • To compare B-IMT in patients with and without BAC, assessing for atherosclerosis (AS).

Main Methods:

  • 75 patients were included, divided into BAC positive and negative groups.
  • BAC was graded, and mean brachial artery intima-media thickness (B-IMT) was measured.
  • Statistical analysis adjusted for age.

Main Results:

  • A significant difference in mean B-IMT was observed between BAC positive (0.54 ± 0.09) and BAC negative (0.45 ± 0.08) groups (p=0.001) after age adjustment.
  • While a relationship between B-IMT and BAC was found, it was less significant than the association with age.

Conclusions:

  • BAC shows a significant association with B-IMT, similar to C-IMT.
  • Age appears to be a stronger factor than atherosclerosis in the relationship between BAC and B-IMT.
  • Further pathological correlation studies in larger cohorts are recommended to elucidate these findings.
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