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Objective: To identify clinical, anatomical, and procedural predictors of hemodynamic depression in patients undergoing CAS without prophylactic atropine. Methods: We performed a retrospective, single-center observational study of consecutive patients undergoing CAS between January 2015 and May 2024. Patients who received prophylactic atropine for low baseline heart rate (HR) were excluded. Hemodynamic depression was defined as a &gt;20% reduction in HR from baseline. Absolute bradycardia (HR &lt;50 bpm) and hypotension (&gt;40% reduction in systolic blood pressure) were recorded descriptively. Results: A total of 158 patients underwent CAS, of whom 33 (20.9%) were excluded due to prophylactic atropine administration for low pre-procedural heart rates (&lt;60 bpm). Among 125 included patients, 62 (49.6%) experienced significant HR reduction during CAS. In multivariable analysis, a shorter distance between the stenotic lesion and the carotid bifurcation was independently associated with hemodynamic depression (OR 0.90 per mm increase; 95% CI 0.82\u20130.99; p = 0.023). Greater intraprocedural reductions in systolic and mean arterial pressure were also associated with HR depression. Traditional clinical risk factors, including age, sex, comorbidities, degree of stenosis, calcification severity, anesthesia type, and procedure urgency, were not independently predictive. Conclusions: Hemodynamic depression remains frequent during CAS even among patients classified as low risk. Lesion proximity to the carotid bifurcation is a key anatomical predictor of autonomic instability, highlighting the limitations of standard risk stratification and supporting a lesion-specific approach to periprocedural hemodynamic management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15124832","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]],"date-time":"2026-06-24T01:03:23Z","timestamp":1782263003000},"page":"4832","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Predictors of Heart Rate Depression During Carotid Artery Stenting in Presumed Low-Risk Patients: A Retrospective Single-Center Observational Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Itamar","family":"Gothelf","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Farouq","family":"Alguayn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva P.O. 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