Stent coning(+) Stent coning(-) p
  (n=11) (n=167)  
Clinical variables      
Male sex, n (%) 11 (100) 151 (90.4) 0.28
 Age, y (mean ± SD) 72.3 ± 6.1 74.1 ± 8.2 0.51
 Symptomatic lesion 8 (72.7) 132 (79.0) 0.62
 Hypertension, n (%) 9 (81.8) 142 (85.0) 0.77
 Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 3 (27.3) 72 (43.1) 0.30
 Hypercholesterolemia, n (%) 4 (36.4) 53 (31.7) 0.75
Coronary artery disease, n (%) 3 (27.3) 58 (34.7) 0.61
 Smoking, n (%) 2 (18.2) 48 (28.7) 0.45
Radiological variables      
 Carotid stenosis (%, mean ± SD) 83.2 ± 8.1 79.8 ± 8.6 0.09
 Length of stenosis (mm, mean ± SD) 12.6 ± 5.7 13.8 ± 6.9 0.52
 ICA diameter (mm, mean ± SD) 4.7 ± 2.1 4.8 ± 3.4 0.72
 ICA/CCA ratio (%,mean ± SD) 0.47 ± 0.3 0.67 ± 0.6 <0.05
 Calcification, n (%) 4 (36.4) 48 (28.7) 0.59
Procedural variables      
Stent diameter (mm, mean ± SD) 10.0 ± 0.0 9.6 ± 0.5 <0.05
Postdilation, n (%) 11 (100) 122 (73.1) <0.05
Residual stenosis, (%, mean ± SD) 1.7 ± 4.8 4.4 ± 5.8 0.22
ICA/stent ratio (%, mean ± SD) 0.48 ± 0.2 0.62 ± 0.3 0.18
*SD = standard deviation
Table 1: Comparison of the baseline clinical, angiographic and procedural variables in 172 patients manifesting 11 lesions with- and 167 lesions without stent coning.