Breast arterial calcifications on mammography and risk of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BAC detected on screening mammography is independently associated with an increased risk of stroke, even after accounting for traditional risk factors. These findings support BAC as a promising, underutilized imaging biomarker of cerebrovascular risk in women and highlight the need for standardized reporting and prospective validation.
Authors
- Ramanathan Kadirvel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6786-9953)
- Amy Lynn Conners (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8988-9162)
- Adam Andrew Dmytriw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0131-5699)
- Seyed Behnam Jazayeri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2860-6496)
- Abdolkarim Haji Ghadery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9215-8037)
- Pedram Pakzamir
- Muhayman Sadiq
- Mohamed Ahmed Ali
- Mohammad Reza Fattahi
- Rachana R. Borkar
- Sherief Ghozy
- David F. Kallmes
Institutions
- Islamic Azad University, Tehran (IR)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Neurosciences Institute (US)
- South Valley University (EG)
- WinnMed (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Bioanalytica (Switzerland) (CH)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Utenos kolegija Higher Education Institution (LT)
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2026.1716747
- Primary Topic
- Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00