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Originally Posted by plexus
Yes, it seems to be good news though. I wonder whether the surgeons thoughts are much more complex than bruit=turbulent blood flow=risk of embolism without being able to accurately quantify that risk. Maybe he'll offer an opinion that is less surgically orientated after these results. Certainly positional blockage is far lower risk than if it was in all positions, otherwise we would regard blood pressire taking as a high risk procedure !
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I sure hope you are right.
I'd gather that if you look at the stats the sum of "MRA with arms up and occlusion" + "bruit" usually = a decent amount of risk if you run the historical numbers. Still, I would never just go right to surgery unless 99% of cases with the above combo indicate surgery as necessary.
What's crazy is that he also said he thinks I should do the left side as well!
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