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Table 3 Hospital outcomes

From: An alternative anatomical classification for carotid bifurcation and impact on outcome of carotid endarterectomy: a multicenter study

Indicator

Types of bifurcations

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I (high)

II (medium)

III (low)

n =1329

n = 4652

n = 1167

Death, n (%)

4 (0.3)

6 (0.12)

0

0.33

Myocardial infarction (nonfatal + fatal), n (%)

5 (0.37)

8 (0.17)

5 (0.42)

0.17

Acute cerebral vascular accident/transient ischemic attack (nonfatal), n (%)

15 (1.1)

12 (0.25)

4 (0.34)

0.0001

Bleeding type 3b or more on the BARC scale, n (%)

11 (0.83)

14 (1.2)

14 (1.2)

0.0029

Thrombosis of the internal carotid artery, n (%)

8 (0.6)

1 (0.02)

0

< 0.0001

Horner syndrome, n (%)

36 (2.7)

13 (0.3)

5 (0.42)

< 0.0001

Neuropathy of the hypoglossal nerve, n (%)

159 (11.9)

42 (0.9)

3 (0.25)

< 0.0001

Neuropathy of the glossopharyngeal nerve, n (%)

84 (6.3)

5 (0.1)

0

< 0.0001

Combination endpoint, n (%)

279 (20.9)

60 (1.3)

8 (0.7)

<0.0001

  1. P (o) general statistical difference for all groups