. "Most patients with carotid stenosis can be managed with medications such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, blood pressure-lowering drugs and blood thinners such as aspirin, he added.But those at highest risk may need a surgical procedure called an endarterectomy, which clears the carotid arteries of plaque.We found with two ultrasound methods we could differentiate the patients who are at very low r" . . . .