Lesion and procedural characteristics
| Segment | Baseline stenosis | TIMI flow | Final stenosis | Protection device | Stent† | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel | Number of lesions (%) | Ostium | Proximal | Mid | Distal | % | Range | Pre | Post | %* | Range | Number of lesions | Yes | Yes |
| Values are n or mean (SD) with range. | ||||||||||||||
| Lesion length: mean:12.63 (5.82) mm, range 2.4–34 mm. | ||||||||||||||
| Protection device: Neuroshield (28), Percusurge (17), Angioguard (14), Epi (8). | ||||||||||||||
| *The three lesions not treated are not included. | ||||||||||||||
| †Stent: Wallstent (74), X.Act (9), SMART (7), Expander (2), AVE (2), Corithian (1), Palmaz (2), Megalink (1), Dynalink (1). | ||||||||||||||
| ‡Three carotids could not be cannulated owing to inability to approach the target vessel. | ||||||||||||||
| LICA, left internal carotid artery; LSA, left subclavian artery. | ||||||||||||||
| Right common carotid | 1(0.9) | 1 | 79.23 | 2 | 3 | 5.45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Left common carotid | 3 (2.9) | 2 (66) | 1 (33) | 79.1 (17) | 60–95.0 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 (5.0) | 0–9.2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Right internal carotid | 45 (44.1) | 21 (46) | 23 (51) | 1 (2) | 80.3 (10) | 60–99 | 2–3 | 3 | 2.9 (4.0) | 0–10 | 43 | 33 | 42 | |
| Left internal carotid | 52 (50.9) | 22 (42) | 26 (25) | 4 (7.6) | 77.1 (10) | 60–95 | 3 | 3 | 1.9 (3.0) | 0–10 | 51 | 32 | 51 | |
| Bypass LSA/LICA anastomosis | 1 (0.9) | 81 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 102 | n=45 (44%) | n=51 (50%) | n=5 (5%) | n=1 (1%) | 78.8 (10)% | 60–99 | 2.36 (3.5)% | 0–10 | n=99‡ (97%) | n=67 (67.6%) | n=97 (97.9%) | ||