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

Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSC, FACC, Co-Chair, Robert A. Vogel, MD, FACC, Co-Chair, Michael H. Criqui, MD, MPH, David M. Herrington, MD, FACC, Joao A. C. Lima, MD, FACC, Mary J. Roman, MD, FACC


Figure 2.

Figure 2. Approximate age and gender values for common carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) representing the approximate 75th percentile value (4,12). Note that intima-media thickness increases with advancing age, and that the intima-media thickness of men is generally greater than that seen in women.