Background and Aim
Breast arterial calcification (BAC) is a benign finding of routine mammographic evaluation with a high prevalence on screening. BAC is a type of medial calcifications of the breast arteries that has been showed that was associated with cardiovascular diseases. Aortic stiffness and aortic strain are related with also atherosclerosis, hypertension and arterial tension. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relation between BAC detected by mammography and aortic elastic parameters.
Methods
Sixty-five females, aged between 46 and 79 (mean 60 ± 8.0), who underwent screening mammography were included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of BACs: BAC positive (+) group (n=37) and BAC negative (-) group (n=28). The BAC (-) group was also represented the control group. Aortic strain, aortic distensibility and aortic stiffness index were obtained by transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation that was performed all of the patients.
Methods
Sixty-five females, aged between 46 and 79 (mean 60 ± 8.0), who underwent screening mammography were included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of BACs: BAC positive (+) group (n=37) and BAC negative (-) group (n=28). The BAC (-) group was also represented the control group. Aortic strain, aortic distensibility and aortic stiffness index were obtained by transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation that was performed all of the patients.
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