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Table 3 Magnetic resonance imaging after the procedure

From: Treatment outcomes of carotid artery stenting with two types of distal protection filter device

 

FilterWire1(n = 121)

Spider2(n = 37)

p-value

New white lesions on DWI3

38 (31.4%)

14 (37.8%)

0.47*

No. of new white lesions

1

16 (13.2%)

5 (13.5%)

0.96*

2

9 (7.4%)

3 (8.1%)

0.89*

≥3

13 (10.7%)

6 (12.3%)

0.37*

  1. 1FilterWire EZ™.
  2. 2Spider FX™.
  3. 3DWI, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.
  4. *Pearson’s Chi-squared test.