May
07
2024
A scientific poster on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction using fat-enlarged axillary nodes visualized on screening mammograms won the Summa Cum Laude Award at the 124th American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.
Produced by Jessica Hitchcock, MD, and researchers from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, the poster demonstrated how fat-enlarged nodes may be associated with high CVD risk, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. In the future, this work could improve risk stratification without additional cost or additional testing.
Jessica Rubino, MD.
“Fat-enlarged axillary lymph nodes visualized on screening mammography may increase the ability to identify women who would benefit from CVD risk reduction strategies and more intensive risk assessment with ...
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