31.   No major veins were hit and one fragment stopped barely half a centimeter short of the big carotid artery running up the side of his neck.

32.   On Tuesday, Swedish researchers are reporting the first evidence from a rigorously controlled study that a beta blocker drug can slow progression of plaques in the carotid arteries.

33.   Patients who have undergone endarterectomy surgery to clear a carotid artery logjam or have neck scarring from radiation treatments are good candidates for stenting, Al-Mubarak says.

34.   Same-day service to prop open plaque-clogged carotid arteries works well and is safe, at least at experienced clinics, a new study says.

35.   Santeros kill animals, usually by slicing their carotid arteries, in rituals for major events like birth, death, marriage and the initiation of priests.

36.   Surgeons had already perfected an operation to open the carotid artery leading to the brain and to clear it out.

37.   That angle, Kelberg said, would cause the final fatal wound, which severed both the carotid arteries and jugular veins.

38.   That wound severed her carotid arteries, cut her jugular veins and very nearly sliced off her head.

39.   The carotid arteries, one on each side of the neck, are the vessels through which the heart supplies oxygenated blood to the brain.

40.   The National Institutes of Health is sponsoring a large study comparing carotid artery stenting with endarterectomy.