TABLE 1:

Clinical features of the patients

Patient No./Sex/Age (y)	Stenosis (%)	Symptom	Occlusion Time: Total/CAS/AS	Protection Device	Ischemic Lesion*
1/M/68	70	Minor stroke	19 min 12 s/16 min 12 s/3 min	PS	Yes
2/M/77	80	Asymptomatic	21 min 34 s/18 min 34 s/3 min	PS	Yes
3/M/59	80	Asymptomatic	24 min 24 s/20 min 9s/4 min 15 s	PS	No
4/M/67	70	Asymptomatic	16 min 8 s/10 min 40 s/5 min 28 s	PS	Yes
5/M/83	95	Minor stroke	25 min/21 min/4 min	PS	Yes
6/M/70	75	Minor stroke	15 min 47 s/13 min 2 s/2 min 45 s	PS	Yes
7/M/73	70	Asymptomatic	19 min/14 min 8 s/4 min 52 s	PS	—
8/M/71	70	Asymptomatic	8 min 56 s/6 min 58 s/1 min 58 s	PS, PAES	No
9/M/73	70	Asymptomatic	14 min 2 s/9 min 57 s/4 min 5 s	PS	No
10/M/77	60	Minor stroke	11 min 30 s/11 min/30 s	PS	Yes
11/M/74	70	Minor stroke	17 min 47 s/14 min 47 s/3 min	PS	No
12/M/54	70	Asymptomatic	11 min 10 s/9 min 10 s/2 min	PS	No
13/M/69	90	Asymptomatic	23 min 1 s/16 min 4 s/6 min 57 s	PAES	No
14/M/76	80	Minor stroke	13 min/10 min/3 min	PAES	No
15/M/61	90	Asymptomatic	18 min 20 s/13 min 50 s/4 min 30s	PAES	No
16/M/63	70	Major stroke	15 min 39 s/10 min 24 s/5 min 15 s	PAES	Yes
17/M/65	70	Asymptomatic	14 min 6 s/8 min 37 s/5 min 29 s	PAES	Yes
18/M/72	60	Asymptomatic	13 min 47 s/11 min/2 min 47 s	PS	No
Avg 70	74		16 min 48 s/13 min 5 s/3 min 43s

Note.—CAS indicates carotid angioplasty with stent; AS, angioscopy; PS, PercuSurge; PAES, Parodi antiemboli system.

^*Refers to asymptomatic ischemic lesions detected by diffusion-weighted MRI after the procedure.