Carotid plaque typisation: a novel risk marker?

The Authors’ reply We thank Dr Bosevski1 for his commentary in our study and share his interest concerning the identification of carotid atherosclerosis indices that may provide additive prognostic value to current risk stratification models in vulnerable patients.2 Indeed, this is an issue that is becoming increasingly important for the prognosis of vulnerable patients, mostly because the accuracy of carotid intima-media thickness as a marker of atherosclerosis has been questioned.3 In our study, we demonstrated that carotid plaque neovascularisation and …