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Table 3 Ablation procedure and Periprocedural complications of the patients studied

From: The risk factors of thrombus formation and the effect of catheter ablation on repetitive thrombus formation in patients with atrial fibrillation: a single center retrospective study in China

Characteristics

Patients with atrial thrombus (n = 58)

Patients without atrial thrombus (n = 1668)

Detailed ablation procedure

 CPVI, n (%)

19 (32.8)

652 (39.1)

 CPVI + CAFE, n (%)

11 (19.0)

297 (17.8)

 CPVI + Linear, n (%)

11 (19.0)

358 (21.5)

 CPVI + CAFE + Linear, n (%)

15 (25.9)

327 (19.6)

 Others, n (%)

2 (3.4)

34 (2.0)

Periprocedural complications

 Cardiac tamponade, n (%)

0 (0)

2 (0.1)

 Atrioesophageal fistula, n (%)

0 (0)

2 (0.1)

 Major bleeding, n (%)

0 (0)

1 (0.1)

 Stroke, n (%)

0 (0)

1 (0.1)

 Hematoma at access site, n (%)

1 (1.72)

9 (0.5)

  1. CPVI circumferential pulmonary vein isolation, CFAE complex fractionated atrial electrogram, Linear additional linear ablation