Table 3.
Embolic signal counts and effective monitoring time for study arteries according to 6-hourly intervals from midnight†.
| Patient/study artery No. | Midnight-0600 | 0600-midday | Midday-1800 | 1800-midnight | Total ES | Total Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES | Time | ES | Time | ES | Time | ES | Time | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 334 | 3 | 278 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 200 | 4 | 904 (14.9 h) |
|
| 2 | 0 | 290 | 1 | 222 | 0 | 267 | 0 | 226 | 1 | 1005 (16.8 h) |
|
| 3 | 0 | 355 | 0 | 238 | 3 | 302 | 0 | 328 | 3 | 1223 (20.4 h) |
|
| 4 | 0 | 345 | 0 | 346 | 0 | 317 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 1278 (21.3 h) |
|
| 5 | 0 | 351 | 0 | 195 | 0 | 290 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 1106 (18.4 h) |
|
| 6 | 3 | 396 | 7 | 192 | 6 | 293 | 4 | 330 | 20 | 1211 (20.2 h) |
|
| 7 | 3 | 264 | 15 | 263 | 10 | 305 | 0 | 230 | 28 | 1062 (17.7 h) |
|
| 8 | 0 | 182 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 336 | 0 | 924 (15.4 h) |
|
| 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 272 | 0 | 215 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 717 (12.0 h) |
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| 10 | 0 | 325 | 0 | 289 | 0 | 280 | 0 | 349 | 0 | 1243 (20.7 h) |
|
| Totals/ time of day |
ES detected | 7 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 56 | |||||
| Effective monitoring time | 2872 min = 47.87 h | 2451 min = 40.85 h | 2611 min = 43.52 h | 2739 min = 45.65 h | 10673 min = 177.88 h | ||||||
| Average ES/effective monitoring hour by time of day | 0.15 | 0.64 (PEAK) | 0.44 | 0.09 (TROUGH) | 0.31 | ||||||
†
Time is in minutes unless otherwise specified. ES, embolic signal; ES, embolic signal.