The internal carotid artery is a major branch of the common carotid artery in the cervical (upper) spine. It is one of a pair ...

The carotid arteries branch off from the aorta (the largest artery in the body ... a stroke may occur. Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of carotid artery disease. It is unknown exactly how ...

The foreign body was surgically removed and the common carotid artery perforation treated with reconstruction using bovine pericardial patch angioplasty. The patient’s circulatory function was ...

On the left is a frontal view from a right common carotid artery injection. Illustrated are the ICA and its major branches: the MCA and anterior cerebral artery. The MCA is subdivided into its ...

Stab wounds (SWs) were the second most common type of penetrating injury ... (three patients), ligation of external carotid artery branches (three patients), and ligation of internal (three ...