"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carotid Artery, Common" by people in Profiles.
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Metabolic syndrome and subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2006 Dec; 33(12):2425-32.
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Retrograde balloon angioplasty of brachiocephalic or common carotid artery stenoses at the time of carotid endarterectomy. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 1998 Jun; 15(6):521-7.
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Arterial wall changes in type 2 diabetic subjects. Diabet Med. 1994 Aug-Sep; 11(7):692-5.
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Measurement of the ultrasonic intima-media complex thickness in normal subjects. J Vasc Surg. 1993 Apr; 17(4):719-25.