@billw822026 That is what the cardiologist is for. 🙂

Also, "my heart is fine" doesn't mean you don't have cardiovascular disease. You do. Your heart muscle can be perfectly fine, but with plaque buildup in the arteries. The carotid is just one artery in the neck. You can also have a stroke if a piece of plaque in one of the major heart arteries breaks off and causes a clot. In fact, that is by far the most common scenario. So, better to get the full picture, right? Knowledge is power.