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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Dec 24;74(25):3071–3079. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.10.032

Table 3.

Periprocedural Adverse Events among Patients Undergoing Carotid Stenting in C2R for Primary Atherosclerosis

Adverse event rates - n (%) All patients
2141* (100%)
Asymptomatic
1180 (55.1%)
Symptomatic
961 (44.9%)
Stroke or death (S/D) 43 (2.0) 16 (1.4) 27 (2.8)
Any stroke, regardless of laterality 35 (1.6) 12 (1.0) 23 (2.4)
Stroke ipsilateral to the index artery 31 (1.5) 9 (0.8) 22 (2.3)
Stroke contralateral to the index artery 10 (0.5) 5 (0.4) 5 (0.5)
Death 8 (0.4) 4 (0.3) 4 (0.4)
Stroke, death, or myocardial infarction 47 (2.2) 18 (1.5) 29 (3.0)
Myocardial infarction 4 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 2 (0.2)
Stroke, death, MI, or major access site complications 59 (2.8) 27 (2.3) 32 (3.3)
Major access site complications 13 (0.6) 9 (0.8) 4 (0.4)
*

The first C2R-eligible revascularization for 2141 patients

Access site complications are considered major if there is a need for blood transfusion or surgical evacuation/repair