TABLE 1.

Specialties and Practice Characteristics of Physicians Performing CAS and CEA Among Patients With CCO

	Total (N = 1.588)	CAS (n = 1.135)	CEA (n = 453)
Specialty
Cardiology	524 (33.0)	514 (45.3)	10 (2.2)
Vascular surgery	440 (27.7)	259 (22.8)	181 (40.0)
Other surgery	231 (14.5)	60 (5.3)	171 (37.7)
Radiology	155 (9.8)	152 (13.4)	3 (0.7)
Other	238 (15.0)	150 (13.2)	88 (19.4)
Teaching hospital	726 (45.7)	552 (48.6)	174 (38.4)
Urban location	791 (49.8)	590 (52.0)	201 (44.4)
Suburban location	584 (36.8)	408 (35.9)	176 (38.9)
Rural location	213 (13.4)	137 (12.1)	76 (16.8)

Values are n (%).

CAS = carotid artery stenting; CCO = contralateral carotid occlusion; CEA = carotid endarterectomy.