Left common carotid artery structure

Known as: Carotid artery.left, Left Common Carotid Artery, Arteria carotis communis sinistra 
An artery arising from the aortic arch that supplies the head and neck.
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Aortic arch structureHead and neck structureRight common carotid artery structureVascular System

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Carotid ArteriesCommon carotid arterySystemic arterial tree

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Structure of left internal carotid artery

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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Simultaneous assessment of diameter and pressure waveforms in the carotid artery.
Simultaneous assessment of diameter and pressure waveforms allows the calculation of the incremental compliance, distensibility… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Arterial stiffness and the development of hypertension. The ARIC study.
Decreased elasticity in large and medium-sized arteries has been postulated to be associated with cardiovascular diseases. We… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Remodeling and neointimal formation in the carotid artery of normal and P-selectin-deficient mice.
BACKGROUND Inflammatory reactions such as leukocyte activation with platelet adherence and release of inflammatory mediators… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Variation of common carotid artery elasticity with intimal-medial thickness: the ARIC Study. Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities.
The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study is a prospective investigation of the etiology and natural history of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Role of NO in flow-induced remodeling of the rabbit common carotid artery.
Flow-induced changes in vessel caliber tend to restore baseline wall shear stress (WSS) and have been reported to be endothelium… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Carotid artery blood flow and middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity during physical exercise.
Factors controlling cerebral blood flow (CBF) during exercise are complex and incompletely known. Different techniques have shown… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Reproducibility of carotid vessel wall thickness measurements. The Rotterdam Study.
We studied the reproducibility of measurement of ultrasonographically assessed common carotid intima-media thickness and assessed… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Ultrasonic measurement of the elastic modulus of the common carotid artery. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study is a prospective investigation of the etiology and natural… (More)
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1988
Highly Cited
1988
Prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis and serum cholesterol levels in eastern Finland.
We investigated the prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis and its association with serum lipoprotein cholesterol fractions in 412… (More)
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1986
Highly Cited
1986
A model of focal ischemic stroke in the rat: reproducible extensive cortical infarction.
In the search for a more reproducible focal ischemic stroke model in the rat, we systematically interrupted blood flow to the… (More)
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