1. Novel Assessment Tool For Coronary Artery Disease Severity During Screening Mammography.
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Ružičić, Dušan, Dobrić, Milan, Vuković, Mira, Hrnčić, Dragan, Đorđević, Slavica, Ružičić, Milijana, Aleksandrić, Srđan, Đorđević-Dikić, Ana, and Beleslin, Branko
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CORONARY heart disease risk factors ,CORONARY disease ,ANGIOGRAPHY ,BREAST diseases ,MAMMOGRAMS ,CHI-squared test ,STATISTICAL correlation ,FISHER exact test ,LONGITUDINAL method ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL screening ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,RESEARCH evaluation ,RISK assessment ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,STATISTICS ,T-test (Statistics) ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,SEVERITY of illness index ,RECEIVER operating characteristic curves ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,DISEASE complications ,DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
Breast arterial calcifications (BACs) are common findings on mammography which are associated with an increased risk of the coronary artery disease (CAD). Our aim in the current study was to design measurement instruments of CAD prediction, with or without BACs, and its discriminatory validity in the diagnosis of CAD (expressed by Syntax score) in women. This was observational, prospective study in the women cohort which underwent mammography and angiography. In this study we have demonstrated that the total 'The Breast Arterial Calcification and Coronary Artery Disease Scale' (BACCADS) was good additional diagnostic tool for detection of patients with severe CAD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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