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 4.

Figure 4. Thin-cap atheromas are most frequent in patients dying with acute myocardial infarction (MI), followed by sudden coronary death (SCD) victims and incidental disease. Fibroatheromas and thin cap atheromas are not common in patients dying with plaque erosion (32).