Table 5.

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

Time points Post initiation of ablation	Control Group	Experimental Group	p-value a
Before Surgery	132.44 ± 11.83	135.22 ± 16.91	0.343
Before initiation of ablation	135.88 ± 12.41c	137.48 ± 18.27d	0.610
0.5 min	140.22 ± 13.58c	138.84 ± 20.07	0.688
1.5 min	142.94 ± 14.72c	142.4 ± 20.39d	0.880
2.5 min	144.36 ± 17.91c	143.84 ± 20.61d	0.893
3.5 min	146.02 ± 18.13c	145.16 ± 19.68d	0.822
4.5 min	146.06 ± 18.4c	144.63 ± 19.05d	0.708
5.5 min	147.05 ± 18.31c	142.21 ± 19.12d	0.235
5 min after surgery	136.50 ± 12.52c	138.34 ± 17.58	0.548
p-value	< 0.001	< 0.001	–

^aComparison between groups; ^bComparison within groups; ^cCompared to Control Group before surgery, and the p-values were < 0.05. ^dCompared to Experimental Group before surgery, and the p-values were < 0.05