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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