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. 2023 Aug 18;25(9):euad256. doi: 10.1093/europace/euad256

Table 4.

Outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in the HCM and control groups

Study HCM group Control group
Follow-up
duration (months)
Atrial
arrhythmia
recurrence
(n, %)
Absence of atrial
arrhythmia
at 1 year (n, %)
Anti-arrhythmic
drug (n, %)
Redo
ablation (n, %)
Follow-up
duration (months)
Arial
arrhythmia
recurrence (n, %)
Absence of atrial
arrhythmia
at 1 year (n, %)
Anti-arrhythmic
drug (n, %)
Redo
ablation (n, %)
Gaita (2007)11 19 ± 10 11/25
(44%)
5/25
(20%)
16 ± 8
(secondary)
20 ± 4
(idiopathic AF)
15/52
(28.8%)
12/52
(23%)
McCready (2011)12 13 ± 8.9a 13/14
(92.9%)
13 ± 8.9a 104/177
(58.8%)
Hayashi (2011)13 29 ± 17 8/17
(47%)
10/17
(58.8%)
8/17
(47%)
8/17
(47%)
24 ± 12 15/34
(44%)
19/34
(55.9%)
4/34
(12%)
12/34
(35%)
Müssigbrodt (2014)14 13/22
(59%)
6/22
(27.3%)
5/22
(23%)
11/22
(50%)
0 (0%) 3/22
(14%)
Contreras-Valdes (2015)15 22 to 67 26/40
(65%)
17/40
(42.5%)
18/40
(45%)
13/40
(32.5%)
35 to 67 20/64
(31.3%)
45/64
(70.3%)
12/64
(18.8%)
12/64
(18.8%)
Roh (2016)16 45 ± 31
(apical HCM)
58 ± 39
(septal HCM)
16/31
(51.6%)
8/31
(25.8%)
54 ± 34 24/90
(26.7%)
9/90
(10%)
Ikenaga (2017)17 18.8 ± 8.4a 2/15
(13.3%)
18.8 ± 8.4a 8/106
(7.6%)
Chen (2018)18 44.3 ± 29.6a 60/97
(61.9%)
69/97
(71%)
44.3 ± 29.6a 48/97
(49.5%)
63/97
(64.9%)

Empty cells indicate that the respective data were not reported in the specific study.

HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

a

Follow-up durations pertain to the overall population in these studies.