Table 6 Diastolic blood pressures (mean ± SD, mmHg) of the two groups of patients at various time points of the surgery

Before Surgery

74.40 ± 8.65

72.50 ± 8.95

0.283

Before initiation of ablation

76.98 ± 8.22^c

74.10 ± 10.74^d

0.610

0.5 min

79.30 ± 9.25^c

75.9 ± 9.76^d

0.688

1.5 min

79.08 ± 10.20^c

78.52 ± 10.46^d

0.880

2.5 min

81.62 ± 11.83^c

78.42 ± 9.94^d

0.893

3.5 min

80.98 ± 12.03^c

77.14 ± 9.39^d

0.822

82.15 ± 11.04^c

78.27 ± 9.28^d

0.708

5.5 min

82.11 ± 11.16^c

76.00 ± 8.32^d

0.235

5 min after surgery

76.74 ± 7.99

73.96 ± 7.92

0.548

p-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

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