A 1989 international workshop reviewed arterial anatomy, B-mode ultrasonography methodology, epidemiology, and clinical trial issues related to carotid atherosclerosis progression and regression.
A 2-day international workshop on the progres- sion and regression of carotid atherosclerosis . in clinical trials, sponsored by the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, was convened in August, 1989, in Winston-Salem, N.C. The objectives of the conference were to review 1) arterial anatomy as it relates to the etiology and progression of atherosclerosis, 2) the current state of knowledge of methodology of B-mode ultrasonography and end-point definition, 3) the epidemiology of carotid atherosclerosis, and 4) related clinical trials issues. Meeting participants came from such diverse areas as the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Food and Drug Administration, academia, and industry.
Margitić et al. (Fri,) conducted a other in Carotid atherosclerosis. A 1989 international workshop reviewed arterial anatomy, B-mode ultrasonography methodology, epidemiology, and clinical trial issues related to carotid atherosclerosis progression and regression.