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Originally Posted by Koala77
Hi there Vicky.
Now that we have a new GP, one of the first things she did was order the Carotid Ultra Sound Scan and that showed that DH has a plaque of Cholesterol type stuff, half blocking one of his cartotid arteries.
This in turn means less oxygen is getting through to his brain because one of the main arteries can only deliver a certain % of the normal requirement of blood to the brain.
There is an operation that will clear out the Carotid Artery, and that's called a Carotid Thrombo Embolectomy.
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I had forgotten about that. After mom's stroke 2 of her brothers had that test and in turn had the procedure to clean up that artery. We jokingly called it rotor rooting their lines. One brother lasted till he was 86 the other is still going strong. I would certainly ask for this test for your fil. Thanks Koala for the reminder...Sue