Breast arterial calcifications (BACs) are becoming a tell-tale sign of future cardiovascular disease risk in women.
With research over the past decade connecting the two together, questions remain on how BACs should be managed and who between radiologists and cardiologists should take ownership.
Laurie Margolies, MD, vice chair of breast imaging for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, joins the show to answer these questions.
Laurie Margolies, MD, talks about how BACs compare to traditional risk assessment for cardiovascular disease development in women.
Margolies shares insights from research she and colleagues have led over the years, including why radiologists and cardiologists should collaborate in managing BACs. She also discusses how clinicians can have effective, informed conversations with women who have a BAC on their mammogram.
Finally, Margolies weighs in on legislation introduced in Maryland that would require women to be informed if their mammogram results show BACs.
Watch the full episode below.
