"Carotid Sinus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The dilated portion of the common carotid artery at its bifurcation into external and internal carotids. It contains baroreceptors which, when stimulated, cause slowing of the heart, vasodilatation, and a fall in blood pressure.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Carotid Sinus".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Carotid Sinus" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Carotid Sinus" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Carotid Sinus" by people in Profiles.
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A cautionary tale of carotid sinus massage for narrow QRS tachycardia. Kardiol Pol. 2018; 76(11):1573.
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Carotid sinus nerve electrical stimulation in conscious rats attenuates systemic inflammation via chemoreceptor activation. Sci Rep. 2017 07 24; 7(1):6265.
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Carotid baroreflex function at the onset of cycling in men. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2016 11 01; 311(5):R870-R878.
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Novel Interventional Therapies to Modulate the Autonomic Tone in Heart Failure. JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Oct; 3(10):786-802.
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Non-pharmacological modulation of the autonomic tone to treat heart failure. Eur Heart J. 2014 Jan; 35(2):77-85.
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Can carotid bulb plaque assessment rule out significant coronary artery disease? A comparison of plaque quantification by two- and three-dimensional ultrasound. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 Jan; 26(1):86-95.
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Automated system for imageless evaluation of arterial compliance. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012; 2012:227-31.
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Carotid sinus hypersensitivity following radiotherapy delivery in a patient with bilateral glomus jugular tumour. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2011 Sep; 12(9):675-7.
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Implantable carotid sinus stimulator for the treatment of resistant hypertension: local effects on carotid artery morphology. Ann Vasc Surg. 2010 Feb; 24(2):178-84.
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Comments on point:counterpoint: respiratory sinus arrhythmia is due to a central mechanism vs. respiratory sinus arrhythmia is due to the baroreflex mechanism. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2009 May; 106(5):1745-9.