Table 3.

Complications and adverse events

Complications, n (%)	PVI (n = 59)	CTI ablation (n = 54)	P-value
Composite safety endpoint	5 (8.5)	6 (11.1)	0.755
Groin haematoma	2 (3.4)		0.497
All-cause hospitalisation*	18 (30.5)	12 (22.2)	0.395
Pericarditis
Pericardial effusion	1 (1.7)		> 0.999
Phrenic nerve palsy
Requirement for pacemaker	1 (1.7)	5 (9.3)	0.102
Stroke or TIA
Myocardial infarction	1 (1.7)		> 0.999
Atrio-oesophageal fistula
All-cause death	3 (5.1)	1 (1.9)	0.620

CTI cavotricuspid isthmus ablation, PVI pulmonary vein isolation, TIA transient ischaemic attack

^*All-cause hospitalisation is described here as a binary outcome, i.e., a patient either had a hospitalisation during follow-up or did not. Further details about all-cause hospitalisation is given in the text