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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/mammograms-may-also-detect-heart-disease-risk/">The Mighty Mammogram: Detecting Heart Disease?</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted March 13, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Kathleen Blanchard</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">According to a recent study, mammography may provide valuable information about cardiovascular disease in women. Recent research shows that women who had breast arterial calcifications (BACs) were twice as likely to have risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease. Even in younger women, breast arterial calcifications seem to indicate the presence or risk of developing atherosclerosis. There are no official recommendations for routine breast arterial calcification screening until further studies are done. According to researchers Dr Michelle A Rotter (University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington and colleagues: “The goal of the follow-up study is to determine the percentage of women with BACs without CAD during the initial survey who later develop CAD and/or atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.” In the current study, 1919 women completed questionnaires, consented to independent review of their mammograms, and were then assessed for coronary…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/mammograms-may-also-detect-heart-disease-risk/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/mammograms-may-also-detect-heart-disease-risk/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/mammograms-may-also-detect-heart-disease-risk/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/mammograms-may-also-detect-heart-disease-risk/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>