One doctor felt a faint carotid pulse, another felt a femoral pulse.
Discovered in 1743, it is called the carotid body, or glomus caroticum; there is one on each side of the neck.
The four ascending arteries (two carotid, two vertebral) that carry blood toward the brain from the aorta's arch, just above the heart, are subject to the same types of disease .
UH Case Medical Center Among First to Enroll Patients for Global Carotid Artery Trial Physicians at University Hospitals Case Medical Center enrolled their first patients in the ROADSTER Study, a global, multicenter clinical trial evaluating a novel, less-invasive procedure to help clear blockages in carotid arteries and prevent strokes.
June 19, 2013 - Newswise
Walter Reed in Bloomberg Our study has shown that the presence of a carotid bruit significantly increased the likelihood of cardiovascular death or heart attack,Christopher Pickett from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, wrote in the journal report.
Jared Aulin in Globe and Mail It was scary, especially since I was getting headaches and dizziness and I wasn't sure why,Aulin said. "I wasn't hit on the head. But it was because the carotid artery was swollen [and not properly supplying blood to the brain]."