New Opportunities for Identification and Reduction of Coronary Risk
Treatment of Vulnerable Patients, Arteries, and Plaques
James E. Muller, MD*,a,*,
Ahmed Tawakol, MD*, ,b,
Sekar Kathiresan, MD*, ,c and
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, FACC ,d
* Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
University of CaliforniaIrvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California

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Figure 1 A two-day meeting of more than 30 investigators active in the vulnerable plaque field was held on the island of Santorini in Greece, 2003. The investigators came to a consensus on the proposed terminology for the vulnerable plaque field shown in the figure. Modified from Schaar et al. (15).
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