Table 2.

Primary and secondary outcomes.

	Emergency CAS n = 75	Elective CAS n = 104	P valuea
Primary outcome – composite, n (%)	4/70 (5.7)	1/98 (1)	0.161
Deaths	2 (2.8)	0	1
Stroke	2 (2.8)	1 (1)	0.571
Myocardial infarction	0	0	1
Safety outcome – composite, n (%)	7 (9)	5 (4.8)	0.232
Seizures	2 (2.6)	0	1
Retroperitoneal hematoma	1 (1.3)	0	1
Atrial fibrillation	2 (2.6)	0	1
Aspiration pneumonia	2 (2.6)	0	1
Bradycardia	1 (1.3)	4 (3.8)	0.401
Hypotension	0	2 (1)	1

Note: One emergency CAS patient presented both seizures and pneumonia, and one elective CAS patient presented both bradycardia and hypotension.

CAS: carotid artery stenting.

^aFisher’s exact test.