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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Neurol Res. 2007 Sep 4;30(3):302–306. doi: 10.1179/016164107X230540

Table 1.

Demographic and intraoperative parameters of carotid endarterectomy patients

Parameter CEA patients
No. of patients (%) 21
Age (years) 69.1 ± 7.6
Male (%) 16 (76%)
Smoker (%) 16 (76%)
Diabetes mellitus (%) 3 (14%)
Hypertension (%) 17 (81%)
Hypercholesterolemia 18 (86%)
Previous MI (%) 8 (38%)
Symptomatic (%) 8 (38%)
Previous contralateral CEA (%) 6 (29%)
Right operative side (%) 12 (57%)
Duration of surgery (minute) 198.5 (65)
Cross-clamp time (minute) 49.4 (18)
Shunt placement 1 (5%)
Fentanyl (μg/kg) 2.44 (0.6)
Midazolam (mg/kg) 0.039 (0.01)

Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure>140 mmHg or use of antihypertensive medication; hypercholesterolemia is defined as blood cholesterol>200 mmHg or use of anti-cholesterol medication. Continuous data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. CEA=carotid endarterectomy; MI=myocardial infarction.