Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
| Characteristic | All Patients (n = 389; 100%) |
PV Reconnection (n = 325; 84%) |
No PV Reconnection (n = 64; 16%) |
p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (range) | 68 (22–88) | 67 (22–84) | 70 (26–88) | 0.021 | |||
| Males, n (%) | 220 | (57) | 197 | (61) | 23 | (36) | 0.001 |
| Paroxysmal AF, n (%) | 150 | (39) | 132 | (41) | 18 | (28) | 0.061 |
| Arterial hypertension, n (%) | 341 | (88) | 285 | (88) | 56 | (88) | 0.966 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 65 | (17) | 50 | (15) | 15 | (23) | 0.114 |
| CAD, n (%) | 110 | (28) | 94 | (29) | 16 | (25) | 0.524 |
| History of stroke/TIA, n (%) | 24 | (6) | 19 | (6) | 5 | (8) | 0.550 |
| LVEF (%) | 55 ± 10 | 55 ± 10 | 54 ± 12 | 0.483 | |||
| LA size (qcm) | 26.0 ± 6.9 | 25.8 ± 6.5 | 27.1 ± 9.0 | 0.227 | |||
| BMI | 29.1 ± 6.3 | 29.0 ± 6.5 | 28.9 ± 5.1 | 0.921 | |||
| CHA2DS2-VASc score | 3.0 ± 1.5 | 2.9 ± 1.4 | 3.5 ± 1.6 | 0.001 | |||
AF, atrial fibrillation; BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease; LA, left atrium; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PV, pulmonary vein; TIA, transient ischemic attack. Bold type indicates statistical significance p < 0.05.