Table III.

Interventional and angiographic characteristics of the study population

Variable	Stenosis < 90% (n = 193 procedures)	Stenosis ≥ 90% (n = 115 procedures)	Value of p
Lesion located in LICA/RICA	50%/50%	43%/57%	0.29
Ostial ICA lesion	77%	74%	0.67
Tandem ICA lesion	21%	26%	0.33
Restenosis after endarterectomy	4%	7%	0.30
In-stent restenosis	5.7%	6.1%	1.00
Stenosis at baseline	75.1 ±6.8	92.6 ±3.5	< 0.01
Residual stenosis	9.3 ±10.2	10.5 ±14.3	0.92
Contralateral occlusion	11%	9%	0.70
Contralateral stenosis > 50%	37%	40%	0.63
Contrast medium [ml]	135 ±43	137 ±49	0.85
Direct stenting	93%	78%	< 0.01
Mean stent length [mm]	36 ±11	39 ±13	0.02
Atropine during procedure	53%	53%	1.00
Number of post-dilations	1.1 ±0.8	1.1 ±0.8	0.71
Fluoroscopic time, median/range [min]	6.0/2.5-25.7	6.2/2.9-31.5	0.03