Table 2.

Summary of the carotid stenting procedures.

	Patient 1	Patient 2
Time interval (Stroke to procedure)	Three days	10 days
Protection devices	Yes	No
Stents used	Xact carotid stent	Xact carotid stent for the web
		Neuroform stent for the dissection
Post-angioplasty	Viatrac plus balloon	None for the web
		Gateway balloon for the dissection
Procedural complications	None	None
Clinical and ultrasound follow-up	One year No recurrent TIAs/stroke Patent stent	Three months No recurrent TIAs/stroke Patent stent

TIA: transient ischemic attack.