1. Doctors who place carotid artery stents fret about two potential complications. 2. Tests later revealed his left carotid artery was 85 percent blocked. 3. Other anastomoses between the carotid and vertebral arteries support this effect. 4. In the cavernous sinus it runs alongside the internal carotid artery. 5. The curve in the cavernous segment is called the carotid siphon. 6. The supraclinoid branches of the internal carotid artery flank the chiasm. 7. Carotid IMT has been measured in numerous epidemiological and clinical studies.8. However the appropriateness of carotid IMT in this context is uncertain. 9. To prevent a stroke, carotid artery stenosis is usually repaired surgically. 10. It was a simple removal of a blockage in the Carotid artery.