“…25 To our knowledge, only a few clinical studies to date focused on assessing carotid IMT and flow patterns in patients with calcific AS, including our own efforts. 2,3,27,28 This study showed that patients with concomitant calcific AS and CAD had significantly higher IMT values compared with the patients with isolated AS. Other authors also reported that a thickened intima-media complex as well as increased incidence of atherosclerotic lesions in carotid arteries occurred in calcific AS, although, unfortunately, they disregarded the actual status of the coronary arteries.…”