• Isabella Sales de Macêdo, Rafaela Almeida Alquères, Lorena Souza Viana, Paulo Puglia Júnior, and Adriana Bastos Conforto.
• Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Division of Internal Medicine - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2023 Jan 1; 69 (4): e20220525e20220525.

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate the details of minor complications of carotid artery stenting in a developing country.MethodsThis was a retrospective, single-center study conducted on the target group consisting of 65 symptomatic patients who underwent carotid artery stenting. We assessed technical success rate, periprocedural complication within 30 days (hypotension, bradycardia, acute kidney injury, vasospasm, a transient ischemic attack, stroke, myocardial infarction, and death), and the differences between groups with and without complications.ResultsMinor periprocedural complications occurred in 15 patients. In all, 8 (12.3%) had transient hypotension, 6 (9.2%) had bradycardia, 7 (10.7%) had acute kidney injury, 2 (3.1%) had vasospasm, and 1 (1.5%) had transient ischemic attack. A greater rate of minor complications was observed in women (p=0.051).ConclusionThe results of the carotid artery stenting procedures performed in a developing country were acceptable.

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