Table 2.

Study results

	CEASR group	RePTA/S group	P value
No of patients; n	14	17	NA
Symptomatic in-stent restenosis; n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
Duration of procedure; mean±SD (min)	86.9±23.4	33.5±13.4	<0.001
Residual stenosis after intervention; mean±SD (%)	0±0	20.9±6.7	<0.001
Residual stenosis (≥30%) after intervention; n (%)	0 (0)	4 (23.5)	0.040
Stroke/retinal infarction within 30 days after intervention; n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
TIA/amaurosis fugax within 30 days after intervention; n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
Myocardial infarction within 30 days after intervention; n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
Death within 30 days after intervention; n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
Stroke/retinal infarction within 1 year after intervention; n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
TIA/amaurosis fugax within 1 year after intervention; n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
Myocardial infarction within 1 year after intervention; n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
Death within 1 year after intervention; n (%)	0 (0)	1 (5.9)	0.548
Restenosis (≥70%) 1 year after intervention; n (%)	1 (7.1)	4 (23.5)	0.233
Local complications associated with CEASR or rePTA/S within 30 days; n (%)	2 (14.3)	1 (5.9)	0.704
Combined end-point; n (%)	3 (21.4)	5 (29.4)	0.719

CAS, carotid artery stenting; CEASR, carotid endarterectomy with stent retrieval; n, number; NA, not available; rePTA/S, repeated percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with or without stenting; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.