"Carotid Artery, Common" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The two principal arteries supplying the structures of the head and neck. They ascend in the neck, one on each side, and at the level of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage, each divides into two branches, the external (CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL) and internal (CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL) carotid arteries.
| Descriptor ID |
D017536
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.186.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Carotid Artery, Common- Carotid Artery, Common
- Arteries, Common Carotid
- Artery, Common Carotid
- Carotid Arteries, Common
- Common Carotid Arteries
- Common Carotid Artery
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carotid Artery, Common" by people in Profiles.
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Contributions of VEGF to age-dependent transmural gradients in contractile protein expression in ovine carotid arteries. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Sep; 301(3):C653-66.
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Effect of contrast enhancement on measurement of carotid artery intimal medial thickness. Vasc Med. 2004 Feb; 9(1):7-12.
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Technical aspects and current results of carotid stenting. J Vasc Surg. 2001 May; 33(5):1001-7.
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Improved cerebral perfusion after stenting of a petrous carotid stenosis: technical case report. Neurosurgery. 1999 Sep; 45(3):638-42.