Improvement in Cerebral and Ocular Hemodynamics Early after Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients of Severe Carotid Artery Stenosis with or without Contralateral Carotid Occlusion

Table 1

Demographic data, risk factor, symptomatic characteristics, and degree of stenosis in the patients.

	Patients (); with the unilateral CS	Patients (); with the ipsilateral CS and contralateral CO
Age (years)	66.2 ± 6.7	58.3 ± 9.3
Sex (M/F)	12/2	3/2
Risk factors
Smoking	10 (71.4%)	3 (60%)
Hypertension	9 (64.2%)	3 (60%)
Hyperlipidemia	7 (50%)	3 (60%)
Diabetes mellitus	4 (28.5%)	2 (40%)
CAD	4 (28.5%)
POAD	4 (28.5)
Symptom
TIA including AF	9 (64.2%)	1 (20%)
Minor stroke	5 (35.7%)	3 (60%)
Major stroke		1 (20%)
Degree of CS
50%–60%	4 (28.5%)
60%–70%	3 (21.4%)	2 (40%)
70%–80%	4 (28.5%)	1 (20%)
80%–90%	3 (21.4%)	2 (40%)

CS, carotid stenosis; CO, carotid occlusion; CAD, coronary artery disease; POAD, peripheral obliterative atherosclerotic disease; TIA, transient ischemic attacks; AF, amaurosis fugax.