Table 1.

Preoperative demographics and comorbidities

Patients	102
Gender
Male	69 (67.6%)
Female	33 (32.4%)
Age (years)	63.9 ± 13.6 (29–85)
Diabetes	7 (6.8%)
Renal failure	2 (1.9%)
Previous neurologic events	4 (3.9%)
Haemodialysis	1 (0.9%)
Previous neoplasms	5 (4.9%)
COPD	12 (11.7%)
Hypertension	75 (73.5%)
Smoking	26 (25.4%)
Atrial fibrillation	8 (7.8%)
Dyslipidemia	35 (34.3%)
Previous MI	0 (0%)
Logistic EUROscore (%)	7.4 ± 2.1

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MI: myocardial infarction