Table 1. Demographics and etiology as well as background information on performed interventions and NIRS measurements.
ID | Age (years) | Gender | Etiology | Intervention | NIRS measurement duration (minutes) | Site of occlusion | Number of occlusions | Occlusion duration (seconds) | Anesthesia | Remarks |
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S1 | 35 | F | Aneurysm in proximal left ICA | Balloon remodeling | 143 | Left MCA | 20 | 43±29 (range 11–105) | General | — |
S2 | 80 | F | Steno-occlusive disease | PTA | 44 | Left ICA | 1 | 20 | Local | Restenosis of left ICA, pseudo-occlusion of right ICA (NASCET 90%) |
S3 | 59 | M | Steno-occlusive disease | PTA | 70 | Left ICA | 1 | 31 | Local | Stenosis in left (NASCET 57%) and right ICA (NASCET 54%) |
S4 | 81 | M | Steno-occlusive disease | PTA | 167 | Left ICA | 1 | 45 | General | Pseudo-occlusion of left ICA (NASCET 90%), bradycardia during PTA |
S5 | 79 | M | Steno-occlusive disease | PTA | 75 | Right ICA | 1 | 77 | Local | Stenosis in right (NASCET 70%) and left ICA (NASCET 65%) |
L1 | 69 | M | Laryngeal carcinoma right | BOT | 38 | Right CCA (no right ECA) | 1 | 1,275 | Local | Nonsymptomatic, stenosis of the left ICA (NASCET 53%) |
L2 | 48 | F | Giant aneurysm in right ICA | BOT | 52 | Right ICA | 1 | 626 | Local | Symptomatic |
L3 | 25 | F | Neurofibroma at skull base | BOT | 65 | Right ICA | 1 | 2,060 | Local | Nonsymptomatic |
L4 | 59 | M | Laryngeal carcinoma left | BOT | 128 | Left ICA | 1 | 2,100 | Local | Nonsymptomatic |
BOT, balloon occlusion testing; CCA, common carotid artery; ICA, internal carotid artery; ECA, external carotid artery; PTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; MCA, middle cerebral artery; NASCET, North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial; NIRS, near infrared spectroscopy.