Table 2 Distribution of atherosclerotic lesion types in extra cranial carotid arteries using the AHA classification
Artery type | AHA Atherosclerotic Lesion Types | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lesion absent | Lesion present | |||||||||
Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||||||||
0 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | |
TOTAL = 240 | 64 | 54 | 54 | 18 | 7 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
% | 26.7 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 15.4 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
Right common carotid artery | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Left common carotid artery | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Right internal carotid artery | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Left internal carotid artery | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Right carotid bifurcation | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Left carotid bifurcation | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Right external carotid artery | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Left external carotid artery | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |