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Question:
What percent of blockage do these test results indicate?
My carotid artery was psv 146 cm/s and edv was 32cm/s. What percent of blockage would this be?
submitted by Doris from Conway, South Carolina on 9/14/2012
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Neil E. Strickman, MD
No number can be adequately attached; however, the amount of narrowing is clinically insignificant. Ask your physician to discuss the results with you.
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Updated September 2012
