"Carotid Artery Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				Pathological conditions involving the CAROTID ARTERIES, including the common, internal, and external carotid arteries. ATHEROSCLEROSIS and TRAUMA are relatively frequent causes of carotid artery pathology.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D002340 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | C10.228.140.300.200 C14.907.253.123 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Carotid Artery DiseasesCarotid Artery DiseasesArtery Disease, CarotidArtery Diseases, CarotidCarotid Artery DiseaseCarotid Artery DisordersArtery Disorder, CarotidArtery Disorders, CarotidCarotid Artery DisorderDisorders, Carotid ArteryArterial Diseases, CarotidArterial Disease, CarotidCarotid Arterial DiseaseCarotid Arterial Diseases
 Carotid AtherosclerosisCarotid AtherosclerosisCarotid AtherosclerosesCarotid Atherosclerotic DiseaseAtherosclerotic Diseases, CarotidCarotid Atherosclerotic DiseasesAtherosclerotic Disease, Carotid
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2002 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 2005 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 
| 2008 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
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