Research Article

[Retracted] Different Grades of Collateral Circulation for Evaluating Cerebral Hemodynamic Status in Carotid Artery Stenosis

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population (n = 124).

CharacteristicsN (%)

Demographic characteristics
 Age1, years68.26 ± 8.36
 Male102 (82.25%)
 Left side68 (54.84%)
 Previous stroke18 (14.52%)
 Aspirin107 (86.29%)
 Clopidogrel86 (69.35%)
 Warfarin10 (8.06%)
Preoperative degree of stenosis
 50–70%21 (16.94%)
 70–90%35 (28.23%)
 Near-occlusion68 (54.84%)
Comorbidities
 Ischemic heart disease26 (20.97%)
 Diabetes mellitus32 (25.81%)
 Hyperlipidemia44 (35.48%)
 Hypertension91 (73.39%)
 Tobacco abuse49 (39.52%)
Collateral circulation
 Grade 174 (59.68%)
 Grade 227 (21.77%)
 Grade 323 (18.55%)

TIA: transient ischemia attack. Values denote numbers unless specified otherwise. 1Mean ± SD with range in parenthesis.