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Mammograms Might Spot Stroke Risk
Date:2/20/2008

rmation, she said, that could potentially help inform doctors about a woman's risk for cardiovascular disease.

If she got a mammogram from a patient with that information, she said, "it would lead me to believe I need to screen this woman for cardiovascular disease."

Dale's team is continuing to study the link between the calcifications and cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. It's probably too soon, he said, to advise women to ask their doctor if they have calcifications on the mammogram. After more research is done, that might be a consumer-savvy step.

Stroke is the third leading cause of death for women over 40, Dale noted.

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To learn more about stroke, visit American Stroke Association.



SOURCES: Suzanne Steinbaum, D.O., director, Women and Heart Disease, Heart and Vascular Institute, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Paul S. Dale, M.D., chief, surgical oncology, University of Missouri Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Columbia; Feb. 20, 2008, presentation, International Stroke Conference, New Orleans


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