Patient and disease characteristics | |
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Patients (n) | 184 |
Male (n) | 140 |
Age (years) | 58 ± 12 |
Left atrial parasternal diameter (mm) | 42 ± 4.9 |
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) | 56 ± 16 |
Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (n) | 129 |
Persistent atrial fibrillation (n) | 43 |
Left atrial macro-reentrant tachycardia (n) | 12 |
Ineffective antiarrhythmic drugs (n) | |
None | 27 |
One | 117 |
Two | 30 |
Three | 10 |
Underlying heart disease (n) | |
None | 41 |
Arterial Hypertension | 115 |
Coronary artery disease | 21 |
Dilative cardiomyopathy | 13 |
Index ablation procedure (n) | 122 |