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 3.

Figure 3. Histomorphometric data demonstrate that, with increasing stenosis, necrotic core increases, especially in patients with acute myocardial infarction (3,4).