European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on September 7, 2007
European Heart Journal 2007 28(20):2552; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm352
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Carotid intima-media thickness and coronary atherosclerosis: weak or strong relations?
Department of Family Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
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Department of Preventive Medicine
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Keck School of Medicine
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We would like to respond to a recent article by Bots et al.1 We agree with the authors' conclusion that there is a relationship between carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) with coronary atherosclerosis. However, significant progress has been made in the analysis of IMT and lesions since the time many