Does the absence of breast arterial calcification (BAC 0) rule out severe coronary artery disease? A computed tomography angiography study

• Main Authors: Johannes Deeg (Author), Michael Swoboda (Author), Valentin Bilgeri (Author), Pietro G. Lacaita (Author), Yannick Scharll (Author), Anna Luger (Author), Gerlig Widmann (Author), Leonhard Gruber (Author), Gudrun M Feuchtner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Cardiovascular risk (CV)-stratification in females is challenging, and current models miss a high proportion at-risk. Breast arterial calcifications (BAC) are independent prognosticators, but their interaction with the coronary artery disease profile by computed tomography (CT) is contro...