Table 2.
Results of event recording 1 month before and 3 months after ablation
| Total group |
Recurrence |
No recurrence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | P | Before | After | P | Before | After | P | ||
| Proportion with AF | n | 77/119 | 53/119 | <0.005 | 41/53 | 53/53 | NA | 36/66 | 0/66 | NA |
| AF burden (%) | Mean ± SD | 27 ± 32 | 9 ± 17 | <0.0001 | 33 ± 34 | 19 ± 21 | <0.0005 | 21 ± 33 | 0 | NA |
| Median (range) | 14 (0–100) | 0 (0–92) | 20 (0–100) | 10 (1–92) | 5 (0–100) | 0 (0–0) | ||||
Data from daily transtelephonic event recording for the patients with recordings before and after the intervention. Burden means the percentage of days with AF present in a recording. AF, atrial fibrillation; NA, not applicable; n, number; SD, standard deviation.