Patient Characteristics Can Influence the Incidence of Perioperative Microemboli during Carotid Artery Interventions

Table 1

Preoperative demographics of study patients.

Demographics	Overall ( = 288)	CEA ( = 171)	CAS ( = 117)	Value
Age				0.98
<60	16.7%	18.2%	14.5%
61–70	39.2%	39.7%	38.4%
71–80	29.2%	27.4%	31.7%
>80	14.9%	14.6%	15.4%
Male	98.3%	99.4%	96.6%	0.16
Smoking	31.9%	15.1%	56.9%	<0.001
Diabetes	69.4%	78.5%	56.0%	<0.001
Hypertension	68.1%	51.7%	92.2%	<0.001
Hyperlipidemia	89.6%	94.8%	81.9%	<0.001
Obesity (BMI > 30)	68.1%	93.0%	31.0%	<0.001
CAD	48.6%	31.4%	74.1%	<0.001
COPD	39.9%	47.7%	28.4%	<0.001
PVD	25.7%	15.6%	40.5%	<0.001
Atrial fibrillation	29.9%	39.0%	16.4%	<0.001
Prior CEA	26.0%	20.9%	33.6%	0.02
Prior TIA	29.2%	22.1%	39.7%	<0.01
Prior Stroke	21.8%	19.2%	25.9%	0.25
Contralateral carotid Occlusion	7.6%	5.2%	11.2%	0.07
Plaque calcification	15.3%	7.0%	27.6%	<0.001

BMI: body mass index; CAD: coronary artery disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PVD: peripheral vascular disease.