High-grade symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis in the very elderly. A challenge for proponents of carotid angioplasty and stenting

Table 3 Periprocedural (30-day) stroke and death incidence after carotid angioplasty and stenting by patient age

Author	Patients ≥ 80 yrs Stroke and death, n(%)	Patients < 80 yrs Stroke and death, n(%)
Roubin ⁹	12/63 (16)	31/465 (6)
Hobson ¹⁰	6/53(11.3)	21/650 (3.2)
Kastrup ¹⁹	12/99(12.1)	N/A
Total	30/215 (13.9)	52/1115(4.7)

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