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Carotid Arteries

Known as: Arteries, Carotid, Artery, Carotid, CAROTID ARTERY 
A major artery that carries blood from the heart to the head. There is a carotid artery on each side of the neck, and each one splits into two… 
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Broader (2)

ArteriesCerebrovascular system
Body partCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location TerminologyCDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyCarotid artery occlusion

Narrower (7)

COMMON CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATIONCommon carotid arteryExternal carotid artery structureInternal carotid artery structure

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Review
2005
Review
2005
Identification, prognosis, and management of patients with carotid artery near occlusion.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Two large trials indicated that endarterectomy was less beneficial for symptomatic patients with internal… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Functional small-diameter neovessels created using endothelial progenitor cells expanded ex vivo
Arterial conduits are increasingly preferred for surgical bypass because of inherent functional properties conferred by arterial… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Neuroprotection in relation to retinal ischemia and relevance to glaucoma.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Correlation of North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) angiographic definition of 70% to 99% internal carotid artery stenosis with duplex scanning.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Smooth muscle cells express urokinase during mitogenesis and tissue-type plasminogen activator during migration in injured rat carotid artery.
Although the level of plasminogen activator (PA) expression has been correlated with cellular proliferation and migration in… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Role of platelets in smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration after vascular injury in rat carotid artery.
Intimal lesion formation was investigated in rats made thrombocytopenic by a single i.p. injection of a polyclonal antibody made… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
The Importance of Hemorrhage in the Relationship Between Gross Morphologic Characteristics and Cerebral Symptoms in 376 Carotid Artery Plaques
In a prospective study 376 carotid artery plaques (275 symptomatic, 101 asymptomatic) were obtained from endarterectomies (184… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Accumulation of Cyclooxygenase Products of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Gerbil Brain During Reperfusion After Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Occlusion
: Several of the cyclooxygenase products of arachidonic acid were measured in the cerebral hemispheres of gerbils subjected to… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The metabolic fate of 13N-labeled ammonia in rat brain.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Length‐Tension Relationship of Smooth Muscle of the Hog Carotid Artery
The length-tension relationships for arterial smooth muscle were determined using vascular strips teased from the media of hog… 
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