“…CIMT assessment, with or without carotid plaque inclusion, was considered a surrogate measure of atherosclerosis to provide information on the CV outcome in asymptomatic patients with CV risk factors and patients with known atherosclerotic disease, or to measure the effect of medical therapy [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 ].…”