1. Figure 2 Imaging of atherosclerotic plaque burden
Figure 2 | Imaging of atherosclerotic plaque burden. a | CT calcium scoring demonstrating macroscopic coronary calcification. b | Intravascular ultrasonography of coronary plaque demonstrating the outline of the vascular lumen (red) and plaque (orange). Cross-sectional magnetic resonance image of the same patient c | at baseline, and d | after 24 months of statin treatment, showing plaque regression at the level of the right carotid artery bifurcation. ICA, internal carotid artery; IJV, internal jugular vein. Panels c and d reprinted from Corti, R. et al. Effects of aggressive versus conventional lipid-lowering therapy by simvastatin on human atherosclerotic lesions: a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial with high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 46 (1), 106–112 © (2005), with permission from Elsevier.
Panels c and d reprinted from Corti, R. et al. Effects of aggressive versus conventional lipid-lowering therapy by simvastatin
on human atherosclerotic lesions: a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial with high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 46 (1), 106–112 © (2005), with permission from Elsevier
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