61.   One of two bullets that hit Sanders ripped his carotid artery, which supplies blood to the brain.

62.   Prosecutors said the stroking of her neck, on the carotid artery, triggered the fatal heart attack.

63.   Researchers have come up with a way to predict which people with totally blocked carotid arteries in the neck are most likely to suffer strokes.

64.   The bypass involves drilling a hole in the skull, taking a branch of the carotid artery and repositioning it so that it routes blood around the blockage.

65.   The two carotid arteries carry blood from the heart to the brain.

66.   To detect the speed at which blood flows through the carotid artery, another test uses sound waves.

67.   All polls have shown Menem to be an easy winner for a four-year term despite notwithstanding surgery performed for an obstructed carotid artery.

68.   Doctors in Seville found a lesion in the carotid artery that was causing cerebral failure.

69.   Philippine President Fidel Ramos left hospital on Thursday following surgery for a blocked carotid artery earlier this week.

70.   Ramos underwent surgery to remove a cholesterol blockage in his right carotid artery on Monday and left hospital Thursday to resume work at the presidential palace.