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From the Divisions of Neurology and Psychiatry (Drs. Bibl, Lampl, Biberhofer, Kaindlstorfer, Röper, Yazdi, Engleder, and Ransmayr) and Cardiology (Drs. Kerschner, Kypta, Bergmann, Hofmann, and Leisch), Linz General Hospital; and Department of Biostatistics (Dr. Deibl), Innsbruck Medical University, Austria.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. G. Ransmayr, Division of Neurology and Psychiatry, Linz General Hospital, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria; e-mail: gerhard.ransmayr{at}akh.linz.at
Patients with symptomatic
60% (n = 134), asymptomatic
80% (n = 143), and asymptomatic progressive
60% (n = 25) internal carotid artery stenosis underwent stenting and were followed clinically and by Doppler-assisted duplex imaging for 27.1 ± 15.6 months. Stroke and death from stroke occurred within 30 days after stenting in 4.7% of the symptomatic and in 3.0% of the asymptomatic patients and in the follow-up period in 2.3% of the symptomatic and in 1.2% of the asymptomatic patients.
Received May 27, 2004. Accepted in final form April 4, 2005.
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