Clinical Study
Urgent Carotid Surgery: Is It Still out of Debate?
Table 1
Comparison of clinical characteristics and results of clinical workup between patients in surgical group and those in endovascular group.
| | Parameter | Surgical group () | Endovascular group () |
| | Sex | | | | Female | 5 | 3 | | Male | 11 | 9 | | Age (y) | | | | Mean | 70 | 75 | | Vascular risk factors | | | | Hypertension | 7 (43) | 5 (41) | | Current cigarette smoking | 8 (50) | 7 (58) | | Diabetes mellitus | 6 (37) | 8 (66) | | Hypercholesterolemia | 9 (56) | 6 (50) | | Heart disease | 3 (18) | 5 (41) | | History of amaurosis fugax, retinal infarct, transient ischemic attack, or stroke | 4 (25) | 3 (25) | | Neurological status during treatment | | | | Asymptomatic (TIA) | 7 (44) | 3 (25) | | Symptomatic stable (minor stroke) | 3 (18) | 5 (41) | | Symptomatic stable (major stroke) | 6 (37) | 4 (33) | | Median NIHSS score | 7.4 | 4.4 | | Time from onset of symptoms to treatment | | | | Emergency (<24 h) | 13 (81) | 11 (91) | | Urgency (<7 days) | 3 (18) | 1 (9) | | Early neurological results | | | | Improvements (>1 NIHSS) | 10 (63) | 9 (75) | | Stable | 4 (25) | — | | Impairment (>1 NIHSS) | 2 (12.5) | 3 (25) | | Early death | 2 (12.5) | — | | New ischemic lesions p.o. | — | 3 (25) | | Cerebral hemorrhage | 2 (12.5) | — |
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Note: numbers in parentheses are percentages.
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