Evaluation of ischemic lesions after carotid artery stenting with diffusion-weighted imaging

Table 4 Location and distribution by vascular territories of ischemic lesions which developed after carotid artery stenting based on diffusion-weighted imaging

Parameters	n	%
Location of cerebral parenchymal lesion
Occipital lobe	11	28.2
Frontal lobe	10	25.6
Parietal lobe	8	20.5
Basal ganglions	3	7.7
Cerebellum	2	5.1
Frontoparietal	1	2.6
Parietooccipital	1	2.6
Frontoparietooccipital	1	2.6
Occipitotemporoparietal	1	2.6
Corpus callosum	1	2.6
Cerebral vascular territory
MCA	15	38.5
PCA	8	20.5
MCA-PCA “watershed”	7	17.9
ACA	3	7.7
ACA-MCA “watershed”	2	5.1
ACA-MCA and MCA-PCA “watershed”	2	5.1
PICA	1	2.6
SCA	1	2.6

MCA: Middle cerebral artery; PCA: Posterior cerebral artery; ACA: Anterior cerebral artery; PICA: Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; SCA: Superior cerebellar artery.