Aims: The effect of carotid endarterectomy on the patency of the external carotid artery is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the long-term changes in the external carotid ...

The carotid arteries branch off from the aorta (the largest artery in the body) a short distance from the ... the right and left internal carotid arteries and the right and left external carotid ...

The image to the right (Figure 1) shows an image of a carotid artery in the neck where it divides into the artery of the external carotid artery (smaller vessel on the right) and the internal carotid ...

Your arteries play an important role in your cardiovascular health, transporting blood from the heart to all of the body's ...

TUPELO — Carotid artery disease, a progressive buildup of calcium deposits and cholesterol in the primary artery supplying blood to the brain, poses a risk of stroke, but there are a few ways to ...

Sylvester Stallone 'never recovered' after neck injury on Expendables set There are four carotid arteries on human's neck, each splitting into two branches - an internal and external artery - to ...