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Can routine mammograms help identify heart risks?
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Doctors say mammograms can help spot calcification in the arteries that could be a sign of heart problems. And there’s a new program aiming to alert women when this shows up on their scans. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda speaks with one woman who went in for a routine mammogram and after identifying a 12% calcification, a cardiologist told her she needed a quintuple bypass surgery.
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