Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

Characteristics	Patient #1	Patient #2	Patient #3	Patient #4	Patient #5
Age, years	75	61	60	60	77
Sex	Female	Male	Male	Male	Female
Body mass index, kg/m2	20.6	24.5	25.2	26.0	21.7
Diabetes mellitus	No	No	No	No	No
Hypertension	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Dyslipidemia	No	No	No	No	No
Cerebrovascular disease	No	Yes	No	No	No
Peripheral artery disease	No	No	No	No	No
Chronic kidney disease	No	No	No	No	Yes
Coronary artery disease	No	No	No	No	No
Previous PCI	No	No	No	No	No
Previous CABG	No	No	No	No	No
Atrial fibrillation	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Previously implanted pacemaker	No	No	No	No	No
NYHA functional class	III	III	III	III	IV
STS score,%	14.2	17.1	8.6	6.2	13.3
Wilkins score	12	12	11	10	12

CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; NYHA, New York Heart Association; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; STS, Society of Thoracic Surgeons.