"Carotid Arteries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Either of the two principal arteries on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the head and neck; each divides into two branches, the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery.
| Descriptor ID |
D002339
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.186
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Carotid Arteries" by people in this website by year, and whether "Carotid Arteries" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carotid Arteries" by people in Profiles.
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Delays in chest compressions during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: carotid versus subxiphoid point of care ultrasound. Resuscitation. 2026 02; 219:110953.
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Carotid peak flow velocity variation as a surrogate of aortic peak flow velocity variation in a pediatric population. BMC Anesthesiol. 2025 Mar 25; 25(1):140.
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Carotid and Renal Vascular Disease. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2024 Jan; 49(1 Pt B):102056.
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A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes After Carotid Artery Ligation Versus Carotid Artery Reconstruction Following Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Infants and Children. J Surg Res. 2023 11; 291:423-432.
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Subclavian Steal Syndrome From the Carotid Artery After Carotid-Subclavian Bypass Graft. J Neuroophthalmol. 2024 Jun 01; 44(2):e238-e240.
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Association of Carotid Atherosclerosis With Hearing Loss: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 03 01; 149(3):223-230.
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Identifying Differences: A Key Step in Precision Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 08 02; 11(15):e026600.
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Local Arterial Stiffness Assessment: Comparison of Pulse Wave Velocity Assessed by Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging versus the Bramwell-Hill Equation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 11; 35(11):1185-1188.
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Safety of Contemporary Carotid Artery Stenting and Associated Risk Factors for Treatment of Carotid Artery Stenosis. World Neurosurg. 2022 09; 165:e223-e234.
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Response to Azarpazhooh et?al., Reliability, Reproducibility and Advantages of Measuring Carotid Total Plaque Area. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 05; 35(5):532.