internal carotid artery

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internal carotid artery,

each of two arteries starting at the bifurcation of the common carotid arteries, opposite the cranial border of the thyroid cartilage, through which blood circulates to many structures and organs in the head.

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Carotid duplex ultrasonography at that time revealed a 70 to 80% stenosis of the right internal carotid artery (figure).

Radiation-induced carotid artery stenosis by Osborne, Ryan F. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Guidant's investigational RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System is designed specifically for the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions in the internal carotid artery, one of the vessels that distribute blood to the brain.

Guidant Completes Enrollment in Clinical Investigation of New Therapy ... by Business Wire

The tumor had displaced the proximal internal carotid artery and the internal jugular vein anteriorly.

Pitfalls in imaging: differentiating intravagal and carotid body ... by Andersen, Charles A. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

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