Contralateral Occlusion Increases the Risk of Neurological Complications Associated with Carotid Endarterectomy

Table 2

Perioperative (30-day) neurological outcomes in 1639 primary carotid revascularizations.

	CO; 136 cases		Control group; 1503 cases
Neurological deaths	2	1.5%	6	0.4%	0.283
Major stroke	6	4.4%	18	1.2%	0.009
Minor stroke	1	0.7%	8	0.5%	0.765
Overall neurological morbidity^*	7	5.1%	26	1.7%	0.016
Overall neurological complications-combined endpoint°	9	6.6%	32	2.1%	0.003

CO: contralateral carotid occlusion; ^*major + minor strokes; °neurological death + major strokes + minor strokes.