Table 4.

Follow up data

Event	Number	Comment
Thrombosis	0
Restenosis*
Moderate	1	Three months postprocedure the patient, who was asymptomatic, underwent re-PTA
Severe	2	One patient was asymptomatic and treated conservatively; the other developed carotid occlusion leading to TIA and underwent a successful CEA
TIA	1
Minor stroke	0
Major stroke	0
Death	6
Cerebral	2	At 5 and 11 month postprocedure
Non-cerebral	4	3 cardiac cause and 1 during leg amputation
Clinical follow up only	15	All patients were asymptomatic

Mean (SD) time of follow up: 12 (6.2) months, range 3–26 months.

*Detected by echo colour Doppler.

CEA, carotid endarterectomy; PTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.