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. 2023 Jul 20;11(3):98. doi: 10.3390/diseases11030098
AF Atrial fibrillation
AFL Atrial flutter
BDIB Bidirectional isthmus block
CF Contact force
CHA2DS-VASc Congestive heart failure, hypertension, age > 75, diabetes mellitus, and prior stroke or transient ischemic attack [10]
CI Confidence interval, the lower and upper limits of significance
CTI Cavo-tricuspid isthmus
CTIA Cavo-tricuspid isthmus ablation
DM Diabetes mellitus
ECG Electrocardiogram
EPS Electrophysiology study
HF Heart failure
HTN Hypertension
ICH Intracranial hemorrhage
ID Identification
IHD Ischemic heart disease
LSI Lesion size index
LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction
MD Mean difference
N Number
N/A Not available
NOS Newcastle–Ottawa Scale [23]
OR Odds ratio
OS Observation study
p Probability
PICO Population intervention control outcome
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses [8]
PV Pulmonary vein
QUADAS Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies [22]
RCT Randomized controlled trial
RF Radiofrequency
RoB Risk of bias
RoB 2 Risk of bias 2 [11]
ROBINS-1 Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies—of Interventions [12]
SD Standard deviation
SP Steam pop
TIA Transient ischemic attack
WOS Web of Science