Clinical Study

Relationship between the Direction of Ophthalmic Artery Blood Flow and Ocular Microcirculation before and after Carotid Artery Stenting

Table 2

Patient characteristics.

AntegradeNonantegradeP value

Number of patients2218
Age0.02
SexM: 19 F: 3M: 15 F: 30.57

PSV (cm/s)323.0 ± 80.00.002

Direction of OA flow after CAS
 Antegrade, n (%)22 (100)16 (88.9)

MBR before CAS0.052
MBR after CAS0.57

are mean ± SD.
, peak systolic velocity; OA, ophthalmic artery.