Table 4 Heart rate (mean ± SD, beats/ min) of the two groups of patients at various time points of the surgery

Before Surgery

70.56 ± 8.18

72.52 ± 10.37

0.437

Before initiation of ablation

71.84 ± 8.98^c

74.06 ± 10.96^b

0.271

0.5 min

72.88 ± 7.84^c

74.64 ± 11.87^b

0.384

1.5 min

74.58 ± 9.91^c

74.48 ± 12.61

0.965

2.5 min

75.32 ± 10.57^c

74.42 ± 12.3

0.696

3.5 min

76.52 ± 11.15^c

73.37 ± 11.87

0.176

77.33 ± 12.02^c

73.79 ± 10.96

0.135

5.5 min

78.89 ± 12.29^c

73.98 ± 9.69

0.044

5 min after surgery

73.22 ± 7.77^c

71.86 ± 9.53

0.436

p-value

< 0.001

0.046

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