Sentences with phrase «common carotid artery»

During the operation, the surgeon injured the patient's left common carotid artery.

The researchers found that the rates of subclinical atherosclerosis progression, as measured by changes in common carotid artery intima - media thickness or coronary artery calcium, did not differ significantly between men assigned to the testosterone or placebo groups.

The researchers, led by Sara Adar, John Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Joel Kaufman, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Washington, found that higher concentrations of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) were linked to a faster thickening of the inner two layers of the common carotid artery, an important blood vessel that provides blood to the head, neck, and brain.