Comparison of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Risk Factors in Unselected Populations in Germany and United States

Presented by:  Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Investigative Group Epidemiology of Coronary Calcification Study Group

Progression of Calcified Coronary  Atherosclerosis: Role of Traditional Risk Factors, CRP, and Non-Calcified Atherosclerosis

Presented by:  Allen J. Taylor, M.D., COL, Medical Corps Professor of Medicine, USUHS

Long-Term Prognosis Associated with Coronary Calcification

Presented by: Matthew J. Budoff, MD, Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, Sandy T. Liu,   Steven R. Weinstein, Tristen P. Mosler, Philip H. Tseng,  Ferdinand R. Flores, Tracy Q. Callister, MD, Paolo Raggi, MD,    Daniel S. Berman, MD

Combined Effect of High LDL-C and Metabolic Syndrome on Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis

Presented by: Catherine Y Campbell, Khurram Nasir, Ammar Sarwar, Jose AM Carvalho, Roger S Blumenthal, Raul D Santos

Era Jump Study: Low levels of subclinical atherosclerosis in men in the post WWII birth cohort in Japan than in US white and Japanese Americans

Presented by: Akira Sekikawa MD, PhD (University of Pittsburgh), J. David Curb MD (Pacific Health Research Institute), Hirotsugu Ueshima MD, PhD (Shiga University of Medical Science)

Ethnic Differences in the Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcification for All-Cause Mortality

Presented by: Khurram Nasir, Leslee J. Shaw, Sandy T. Liu, Steven R. Weinstein, Tristen R. Mosler, Phillip R. Flores, Ferdinand R. Flores, Paolo Raggi, Daniel S. Berman, Roger S Blumenthal, & Matthew J. Budoff