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Table 3 Characteristics of patients with and without AF recurrence after ablation

From: Value of dual Doppler echocardiography for prediction of atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency catheter ablation

 

Recurrence

p Value

Yes(n = 21)

No(n = 46)

Mean age (years)

59.71 ± 10.42

57.22 ± 10.24

0.360

Male sex (%)

66.67%(14)

63.04%(29)

0.774

Height(m)

1.70 ± 0.08

1.69 ± 0.07

0.473

Weight (kg)

72.57 ± 11.25

72.04 ± 12.00

0.865

Body mass index (kg/m2)

24.90 ± 2.42

25.15 ± 3.00

0.735

Duration of AF (years)

3.93 ± 3.26

3.71 ± 3.91

0.827

Blood urea (mmol/L)

5.70 ± 1.30

5.80 ± 1.65

0.812

Creatinine (umol/L)

84.22 ± 16.84

88.03 ± 36.37

0.650

Type of AF

 Paroxysmal

76.19%(16)

82.61%(38)

 

 Persistent

14.29%(3)

13.04%(6)

0.770

 Long persistent

9.52%(2)

4.35%(2)

 

Clinical risk factors

 Smoke

52.38%(11)

34.78%(16)

0.173

 Hypertension

47.62%(10)

41.30%(19)

0.628

 Diabetes mellitus

4.76%(1)

15.22%(7)

0.413

 Chronic Coronary artery disease

38.10%(8)

50.00%(23)

0.365

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD