SHAPE Society

1. A Note from the Editor
VP Watch – December 31
VP Watch of the Year 2002VP Watch of the Year 2002
Morteza Naghavi, MDMorteza Naghavi, MD
Assistant Professor of MedicineAssistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology University of Texas at HoustonDivision of Cardiology University of Texas at Houston
Center for Vulnerable Plaque Research
Texas Heart Institute, TX, USA

2. Dear VP Watch Reader:
In the year 2002, we have provided
you with:
52 Weekly VP Watch,
260 daily VP Watch,
10 Supplements for ACC, ISMRM,
ESC, ESA, TCT, AHA, and RSNA
meeting

3. Dear VP Watch Reader:
Also, we have managed to keep up the
VP.org website to serve you.
Our community of VP.org users has
grown rapidly from maximum 100 hits a
day last year to the following:
Highest per day hits 56778
Highest per day unique visitors 1154

4. Dear VP Watch Reader:
Also in the year 2002, we have organized:
The 3th
Vulnerable Plaque Symposium during
ACC 2002
The 4th
Vulnerable Plaque Symposium during
AHA 2002
The contents of both have been available
to you immediately after the symposium.

5. Dear VP Watch Reader:
All of the above, and a lot more, could
not be possible without the
hardworking of “VP.org Team”, who
are primarily investigators and staff
scientists at the Center for Vulnerable
Plaque Research, in Texas Heart
Institute. (Houston, Texas, USA)

6. VP.org Team
Happy New Year!

7. Best wishes from AEHA
to all of you who wish to witness
“eradication” of heart attack in
your lifetime!
Happy New Year!