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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Estimated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography predicts successful ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

 

Recurrence

Group

(n = 30)

Successful

Group

(n = 107)

p value

Age, years

59.4 ± 10.5

61.3 ± 10.7

0.22

Females, n (%)

9 (30)

31 (29)

0.91

Body mass index, kg/cm2

24.2 ± 3.3

23.9 ± 3.2

0.43

Heart rate, beat per minute

72 ± 15

73 ± 15

0.77

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

121 ± 17

121 ± 15

0.83

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

75 ± 14

73 ± 11

0.45

eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m2

73.8 ± 16.2

72.8 ± 17.5

0.82

Previous ablation, n (%)

9 (30)

19 (18)

0.14

Hypertension, n (%)

14 (47)

49 (46)

0.93

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

5 (17)

17 (16)

>0.99

Coronary artery disease, n (%)

2 (7)

6 (6)

>0.99

Smoking, n (%)

5 (17)

17 (16)

>0.99

Anti-arrhythmic drugs, n (%)

16 (53)

49 (46)

0.47

Congestive heart failure, n (%)

3 (10)

9 (8)

0.73

CHA2DS2-VASc score

1.4 ± 1.3

1.4 ± 1.2

0.83

  1. AF atrial fibrillation, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate