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Examples
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The Health Department is also re-airing a television spot called "Carotid," which vividly illustrates how fatty deposits in smokers 'arteries increase the risk of stroke.
Emaxhealth 2009
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Probably something to the effect of Carotid stenting is now being performed for carotid artery stenosis.
Dr. Dennis Gottfried: Is The Media Covering Medicine Accurately Dr. Dennis Gottfried 2011
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"Carotid dissection would be a rare cause of stroke," said Lee H.
Stricken Senator Makes Progress Thomas M. Burton 2012
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Probably something to the effect of Carotid stenting is now being performed for carotid artery stenosis.
Dr. Dennis Gottfried: Is The Media Covering Medicine Accurately Dr. Dennis Gottfried 2011
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Carotid ultrasound looks for atherosclerosis in the neck arteries and a blockage condition called carotid stenosis.
The 10 Best Questions™ for Recovering from a Heart Attack Ph.D. Dede Bonner 2009
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Carotid surgery, pioneered in the 1950s, initially faced considerable skepticism.
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Carotid thickness is a marker for the accumulation of fatty deposits in coronary arteries that can lead to heart attacks.
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Keith scales Carotid Artery, a climb that left him bloodied but beaming.
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The Carotid improperly done can cause respiratory and cardiac problems, both which can lead to death as well as other injuries including broken and/or dislocated cervical vertaebrae.
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Carotid endarterectomy surgical procedure to remove atherosclerotic plaque from the walls of the carotid artery.
THRIVING WITH HEART DISEASE Wayne M. Sotile 2003
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