Relationship between breast arterial calcification and coronary artery disease by invasive coronary angiography in postmenopausal women.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between the presence of BAC and coronary artery disease (CAD) by invasive coronary angiography (ICA) in postmenopausal women.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, postmenopausal women (age ≥ 45 years) with history of CAD, who underwent both ICA and digitized mammography, within six months of each other, were enrolled. Women who underwent prior percutaneous coronary intervention, or exhibited grade D breast density (BI-RADS®) or breast cancer upon mammography were excluded.

[Micronuclei in uterine cervical cells of women HIV+ according to immunocompetence markers].

Purpose: to investigate the micronucleation (MN) of exfoliated cells from the uterine cervix of HIV+ women according to immunocompetence status. We investigated the clinical conditions of immunocompetence by analyzing the levels of CD4+ lymphocytes and viral count for HIV (VC).

Methods: biological material was collected from 23 HIV+ patients whose cervical oncologic cytology results were negative.