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The following medical journal articles provide further information on Breast MRI, Coronary CT Angiography, and Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring.

Breast MRI

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Breast: Current Indications Lalonde L, David J, Trop I CARJ 2005; 56(5):301-308
• Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Gardiner I, Kuusk U, Forster B, Spielmann A BCMJ 2005; 47(10):543-548
• Current role of magnetic resonance imaging in breast imaging: a primer for the primary care physician Shah SK, Shah SK, Greatrex KV. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2005; 18(6):478-90
• Efficacy of MRI and Mammography for Breast-Cancer Screening in Women with a Familial or Genetic Predisposition Kriege M, Brekelmans C, Boetes C, Besnard PE, Zonderland HM, et al. NEJM 2004; 351(5):427-437
• Changes in the surgical management of patients with breast carcinoma based on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging Bedrosian I, Mick R, Orel SG, Schnall M, Reynolds C, Spitz FR, Callans LS, Buzby GP, Rosato EF, Fraker DL, Czerniecki BJ Cancer. 2003; 98(3):468-73

Coronary CT Angiography

• CCTA: A Noninvasive Assessment of CAD Heilbron B, Forster BB Perspectives in Cardiology; September 2006 Multidetector computed tomography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: a systematic review Stein PD, Beemath A, Kayali F, Skaf E, Sanchez J, Olson RE. Am J Med. 2006; 119(3):203-16
• Initial experience with 64-slice cardiac CT: non-invasive visualization of coronary artery bypass grafts Pache G, Saueressig U, Frydrychowicz A, Foell D, Ghanem N, Kotter E, Geibel-Zehender A, Bode C, Langer M, Bley T Eur Heart J.2006; 27: 976-980
• High-Resolution Spiral Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography in Patients Referred for Diagnostic Conventional Coronary Angiography Mollet NR, Cademartiri F, van Mieghem CA, Runza G, McFadden EP, Baks T, Serruys PW, Krestin GP, de Feyter PJ. Circulation 2005; 112:2318-2323
• Accuracy of MSCT coronary angiography with 64-slice technology: first experience Leschka S, Alkadhi H, Plass A, Desbiolles L, Grunenfelder J, Marincek B, Wildermuth S. Eur Heart J.2005; 26:1482-1487
• Diagnostic Accuracy of Noninvasive Coronary Angiography Using 64-Slice Spiral Computed Tomography Raff GL, Gallagher MJ, O’Neill WW, Goldstein JA J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 46(3):552-557
• Noninvasive Coronary Angiography With Multislice Compute Tomography Hoffmann MH, Shi H, Schmitz BL, Schmid FT, Lieberknecht M, Schulze R, Ludwig B, Kroschel U, Jahnke N, Haerer W, Brambs HJ, Aschoff AJ. JAMA.2005; 293:2471-478

Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring

• Noninvasive Screening for Coronary Artery Disease With Computed Tomography Is Useful Clouse ME. Circulation 2006; 113:125 – 146
• Coronary Calcification, Coronary Disease Risk Factors, C-Reactive Protein and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events: The St. Francis Heart Study Arad Y, Goodman KJ, Roth M, Newstein D, Guerci AD. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 46(1):158-65
• Coronary artery calcification and subclinical atherosclerosis: What’s the score? Forster BB, Isserow S BCMJ 2005; 47(4):181-87
• Coronary Artery Calcium Score Combined With Framingham Score for Risk Prediction in Asymptomatic Individuals Greenland P, LaBree L, Azen SP, Doherty TM, Detrano RC. JAMA 2004; 291(2):210-5

Ultrasound

• Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Canada: Review and position statement of the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery Mastracci T.M, Cina C.S., Chir S Journal of Vascular Surgery 2007, June 45 (6): 1268-81
• Progression of Carotid Stenosis Detected by Duplex Ultrasonography Predicts Adverse Outcomes in Cardiovascular High-Risk Patients Schila Sabeti, MD; Oliver Schlager, MD; Markus Exner, MD; Wolfgang Mlekusch, MD; Jasmin Amighi, MD; Petra Dick, MD; Gerald Maurer, MD; Kurt Huber, MD; Renate Koppensteiner, MD; Oswald Wagner, MD; Erich Minar, MD; Martin Schillinger, MD Stroke 2007; Nov 38 (11): 2887-94
• Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis and the Risk of New Vascular Events in Patients With Manifest Arterial Disease Bertine M.B. Goessens, MSc; Frank L.J. Visseren, MD, PhD; L. Jaap Kappelle, MD, PhD; Ale Algra, MD, PhD; Yolanda van der Graaf, MD, PhD; for the SMART Study Group Stroke 2007; May 38 (5): 1470-5
• A Sustained Mortality Benefit from Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Lois G. Kim, MSc; R. Alan P. Scott, MCh; Hilary A. Ashton, MSc; and Simon G. Thompson, DSc, for the Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study Group Ann Inter Med. 2007; May 15, 146(10), 699-706
• Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (Review) Cosford PA, Leng GC Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007; April 18 (2)