Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Characteristics | Outcome (n = 96) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 69 (71.9%) |
| Male | 27 (28.1%) |
| Mean age ± SD, years | 39.2 ± 11.1 |
| Family history | |
| Yes | 19 (19.8%) |
| No | 77 (80.2%) |
| Onset | |
| Infarction | 28 (29.2%) |
| TIA | 68 (70.8%) |
| Operation side | |
| Left | 45(46.9%) |
| Right | 51(53.1%) |
| PCA involvement | |
| Yes | 25 (26.0%) |
| No | 71 (74.0%) |
| Preoperative infarction | |
| Yes | 58 (60.4%) |
| No | 38 (39.6%) |
| Antiplatelet therapy | |
| Aspirin | 78 (81.3%) |
| Clopidogrel | 10 (10.4%) |
| Cilostazol | 8 (8.3%) |
| Preoperative mRS | |
| 0 | 71 (74.0%) |
| 1 | 2 (2.1%) |
| 2 | 17 (17.7%) |
| 3 | 5 (5.2%) |
| 4 | 1 (1.0%) |
mRS: modified Rankin Scale
PCA: posterior cerebral artery
TIA: transient ischemic attack