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The purpose of this study is to evaluate changes in cardiovascular parameters during general anesthesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Data from 342 patients with cholecystectomies for cholelithiasis at Railway Hospital Galati, Romania were reviewed retrospectively. All patients received the same type of intraoperative anesthetics. Among 342 patients, 85.7% (n =292) were female. More than half of them, 53.51% (n=183) were between 40-59 age, and only 16.37% (n =56) under 40 ages. Patients with a normal body mass index represented 45,6% (n =156), 33,3% (n =114) were underweight and 12% (n =42) had grade 1 obesity (body mass index 25 -29,9 kg/m2). Minimum intraoperative blood pressure was correlated with gender (p 0.015 < 0.005), with men having higher blood pressure than women (p 0.006 < 0.05) and with body mass index, high BMI is associated with elevated blood pressure (p 0.025 < 0.05). Older age was correlated with increased maximum intraoperative blood pressure (p < 0.001 < 0.05) and, respectively, maximum intraoperative heart rate (p 0,015 < 0,05). These patients have the highest risk of hemodynamic compromise that can be associated with increased ischemic heart risk.