The arterial adventitia has been implicated in the vascularremodelling process of atherosclerosis. Carotid extra-medialthickness (EMT) is a reproducible non-invasive measure ofelastic artery adventitial thickness obtained by high-resolutionultrasound [1,2]. Carotid EMT is correlated with both intima-media thickness (IMT) and arterial stiffness from the samearterial segment, yet is associated with cardiovascular risk fac-tors including BMI and diabetes independent of atheroscleroticinvolvement of the arterial intima and media [1,3–5].The prognostic significance of carotid EMT, however, hasnot yet been examined. Thus, we sought to determine whethercarotid EMT is associated with risk of incident cardiovascularevents, in adults at risk of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Health Sciences
Research Group:	Epidemiology
Research Field:	Epidemiology not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:	Health
Objective Group:	Clinical health
Objective Field:	Clinical health not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	Magnussen, C (Associate Professor Costan Magnussen)
UTAS Author:	Marwick, TH (Professor Tom Marwick)
ID Code:	114218
Year Published:	2016
Web of Science® Times Cited:	2
Deposited By:	Menzies Institute for Medical Research
Deposited On:	2017-02-08
Last Modified:	2017-11-15
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