My sister has been diagnosed with fibromuscular dysplasia. Her left carotid artery is completely occluded by a blood clot. The right artery is occluded approximately 68%. She has been having TIA s with numbness and vision loss on one side. Recently she had feeling of her leg weighing 100 lbs and almost felt like it was dragging. She is about to see a vascular surgeon, and her primary care doctor said an ultrasound will probably be performed and if necessary carotid bypass surgery. What are her risks with having this surgery?
Carotid artery endarterectomy has less than 5 % risk of MACE...since you had FMD too.so the anatomy of the artery would be not simple, so risk may be higher but exceed by 5 % if done by experienced surgeon.