Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Cardiac imaging tops the agenda this week as the American College of Cardiology (ACC) holds its annual scientific sessions in Atlanta. We're featuring coverage of the proceedings in our Cardiac Imaging Digital Community.
First up is an article on the use of CT calcium scoring to predict heart attack risk. Researchers from Michigan found that calcified aortic plaques detected as incidental findings on CT scans could be good predictors of coronary artery disease and mortality.
Other ACC stories we're highlighting include another article on calcium scoring, this time to see if it could be used as a tool to predict heart attacks among police and firefighters, as well as a story that measured the factors that might lead to higher radiation dose during angiography studies.
Get these stories and more ACC coverage this week in the community, which you can reach at cardiac.auntminnie.com.
Mammo may catch tumors earlier
In other news, a study published this week is the latest news in the debate over the value of mammography screening. In the study, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, found that women who did not receive annual mammography screening were more likely to have larger, more palpable tumors than women who did not.
The study also had some intriguing findings regarding the utility of mammography in women ages 40-49 -- the age group that was told last fall by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that they don't need screening. Find out how many cancers mammography found in this group by clicking here.
Finally, another article in our Women's Imaging Digital Community looks at the relationship between fertility rates and uterine fibroid embolization, based on research presented at this week's Society for Interventional Radiology meeting. You can click here for that story, or visit the community at women.auntminnie.com.
