TABLE 1:

Patient demographic data, periprocedural symptoms, and procedural success

FindingNo.
Sex
 Male20
 Female13
Vascular risk factors
 Hypertension21
 Diabetes4
 Hyperlipidemia11
 Nicotine use4
Type of ischemia
 Stroke13
 Transient ischemic attack15
 Amaurosis fugax3
 Asymptomatic3
Concomitant vasculopathy
 ICA occlusion7
 Vertebral artery occlusion or stenosis6
 ICA stenosis4
 MCA stenosis1
Residual stenosis
 Yes2
 No32
Periprocedural symptoms
 None30
 Transient3
 Persistent1