51.   Over three years, the scientists used ultrasound imaging to measure any thickening of the carotid arteries, which carry blood to the brain.

52.   Barnett was principal investigator in a North American study of patients most likely to benefit from surgery to clear blockages in the carotid arteries in the neck.

53.   Bateman had surgery in November to remove plaque from his carotid artery.

54.   Carotid artery thickness predicts likelihood of heart attack,

55.   Duane Moo Young was marched up an internal staircase, forced to kneel and killed with a single shot that severed a carotid artery.

56.   During surgery in November to remove plaque from his right carotid artery, doctors also removed a swollen lymph node that was malignant, Bateman said.

57.   During the embalming at a funeral parlor, in which the carotid artery in her neck was cut, the woman bled excessively.

58.   Doctors say they can already use special MRI machines to see vulnerable plaque in the carotid arteries that lead to the brain.

59.   It may include aspirin and other blood thinners or surgery to clear severely blocked carotid arteries.

60.   None had a history of heart attacks, angina, bypass surgery, angioplasty, stroke, or surgery to widen a carotid artery.