Review Article
Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis: An Obsolete Classification?
Table 2
Patient characteristics.
| Parameter | Value | % |
| Total of patients | 158 | 100 | Men | 89 | 56.3 | Women | 69 | 43.7 | Mean age (±SD) | 75 ±11 | — | Cerebral ischemia | 142 | 89.9 | TIA | 16 | 10.1 | Unilateral stenosis | 84 | 53.2 | Bilateral stenosis | 74 | 46.8 | Carotid stenosis grades | | | Carotid stenosis in total | 232 | | ≥50–59% | 74 | (31.9) | ≥60–69% | 68 | (29.3) | ≥70–79% | 24 | (10.3) | ≥80–89% | 28 | (12.1) | ≥90–99% | 29 | (12.5) | 100% | 9 | (3.9) | Concomitant vascular diseases | | | Coronary artery disease | 38 | 24.1* | Peripheral artery disease | 18 | 11.4 | Vascular risk factors | | | Arterial hypertension | 140 | 88.6 | Hyperlipidemia | 77 | 48.7 | Diabetes mellitus | 54 | 34.2 |
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