Table 3 Intraopeative and postoperative clinical data in patients with and without carotid artery stenosis (CAS)

Surgical-related data

 Anesthesia time (min)

466 [119]

425 [67]

0.301

 Operation time (min)

347 [89]

335 [64]

0.707

 Duration of anastomosis (min)

170 [45]

186 [52]

0.455

 Number of anastomosis (n)

3 [1 – 5]

4 [2 – 4]

0.341

 Aortic no-touch technique (n)

4 [44.4%]

0 [0.0%]

0.019

 Aortic proximal anastomosis device (n)

1 [11.1%]

2 [14.3%]

1.000

 Packed red blood cell transfusion (U)

0 [0 – 6]

2 [0 – 6]

0.224

 Cumulative dose of phenylephrine (μg)

400 [0 – 650]

150 [0 – 800]

0.948

 Maximum dose of dopamine (μg/kg/min)

5 [0 – 5]

3 [0 – 5]

0.316

 Maximum dose of norepinephrine (μg/kg/min)

0.15 [0.03 – 0.5]

0.1 [0.0 – 0.25]

0.159

Postoperative outcomes

 Mechanical ventilation (day)

1 [1 – 1]

1 [0 – 4]

0.667

 Major adverse cardiovascular events (n)

  Acute coronary event

0 [0.0%]

1 [7.1%]

1.000

  Congestive heart failure

2 [22.2%]

0 [0.0%]

0.142

  Arrhythmia

1 [11.1%]

0 [0.0%]

0.391

 Neurological complications

0 [0.0%]

0 [0.0%]

-

 Early postoperative death (< 30 days)

0 [0.0%]

0 [0.0%]

-