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Vascular Disease, Hypertension, and Prevention

Rhondalyn C. McLean, MD^_*, Emile R. Mohler, MD, FACC and Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC^_*,_*

^_* Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Use relationship between mean low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and median percent atheroma volume in intravascular ultrasound trials. Adapted with permission from JAMA, March 13, 2006 [e pub ahead of print], Copyright © 2006 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

View larger version (75K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Comparison of diabetic and nondiabetic plaques. Reprinted with permission from Purushothaman et al. (20).