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 3.

Figure
3. An example of an abnormal EBCT scan taken from a 59-year-old
man. The coronary calcium score was 1,101, greater than the 90th
percentile value for age and gender. Arrow indicates calcified atherosclerosis
in the proximal left coronary artery.
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