Coronary artery calcifications on breast cancer radiotherapy planning CT scans and cardiovascular risk: What do patients want to know?
Background: Coronary artery calcifications (CAC) is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which can be automatically quantified on routine breast radiotherapy planning computed tomography (CT) scans. Around 8% of patients have (very) high CAC scores and corresponding increased risks of...
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Elsevier
2021-12-01
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叢編: | International Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention |
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在線閱讀: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772487521000155 |