Association of Coronary Disease With Segment-Specific Intimal-Medial Thickening of the Extracranial Carotid Artery

Abstract

These data support use of the mean aggregate extracranial carotid IMT for correlation with the status of coronary atherosclerosis; however, the data also support use of the mean common plus bifurcation, since there is little increase in predictive power of the mean aggregate over this index. Use of the common carotid alone is also justifiable and may be preferable for certain analyses.