MANUAL COMPRESSION OF THE CAROTID VESSELS, CAROTID SINUS HYPERSENSITIVITY AND CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSIONS
Authors: A SILVERSTEIN, D DONIGER, M B BENDER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 January 1960MANUAL COMPRESSION OF THE CAROTID VESSELS, CAROTID SINUS HYPERSENSITIVITY AND CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSIONSALLEN SILVERSTEIN, M.D., DAVID DONIGER, M.D., MORRIS B. BENDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALLEN SILVERSTEIN, M.D., DAVID DONIGER, M.D., MORRIS B. BENDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-1-172 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent years various discussions of cerebral vascular disease have emphasized the importance of the vessels in the neck. Much of this literature has been devoted particularly to the patency of the common and internal carotid arteries, and to the technic of arteriography, which has allowed adequate investigation of these vessels. 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