American College of Cardiology

TAYLOR ET AL., 34th BETHESDA CONFERENCE: Can Atherosclerosis Imaging Techniques Improve the Detection of Patients at Risk for Ischemic Heart Disease?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:11:1855-917

BETHESDA CONFERENCE REPORT
34th Bethesda Conference: Can Atherosclerosis Imaging Techniques Improve the Detection of Patients at Risk for Ischemic Heart Disease?¹

Allen P. Burke, MD, FACC, Co-Chair, Renu Virmani, MD, FACC, Co-Chair, Zorina Galis, PHD, Christian C. Haudenschild, MD, FESC, James E. Muller, MD, FACC


Figure 2.

Figure 2. Histomorphometric study demonstrating the percent crosssectional luminal narrowing is positively correlated with the presence of any calcification. Burke AP, et al. Pathophysiology of Calcium Deposition in Coronary Arteries. HERZ 2001;26:239–44. (Copyright Urban & Vogel. Reproduced with permission.).