my husband , 58 yrs old, was on a waiting list for the surgery to clean up the artery . unfortunately in the meanwhile his right carotid was not showing any blood flow. he did not have any symtomps. one year is passed. he stil excercises a lot, eats correctly, checks himself regularly. he is under prescription with statins, cardioaspirin, a strong blood thinner, called Clopidogrel.