John J. Ricotta, MD

The report by Johnsen and colleagues details the changes in plaque composition and size as defined by duplex ultrasound at 2 time points 7 years apart

This is the largest study of excised carotid plaques to date. All patients were symptomatic. Although not all plaques could be analyzed for each category (which excluded 94 plaques from cap analysis), this remains the largest histological study of its kind.