Automated Breast Arterial Calcification Score Is Associated With Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast arterial calcification (BAC) on mammograms has emerged as a biomarker of women's cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, but there is a lack of quantification tools and clinical outcomes studies.

Objectives

This study assessed the association of BAC (both presence and quantity) with CVD outcomes.

Methods

This single-center, retrospective study included women with a screening mammogram from 2007 to 2016. BAC was quantified using an artificial intelligence-generated score, which was assessed as both a binary and continuous variable. Regression analyses evaluated the association between BAC and mortality and a composite of acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, and mortality. Analyses were adjusted for age, race, diabetes, smoking, blood pressur

SUBMITTER: Allen TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11470245 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature