. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 20.

Published in final edited form as: Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2009 Feb 1;2(1):24–28. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.799098

Table 1.

Patient characteristics (n=26).

Age, years	55±12 (22 – 82)
Male/Female	21/5
AF duration, weeks (median)	5 (1 – 52)
Mild hypertension	15
LAD, mm	43±8 (31 – 49)
LVEF, %	54±8 (45 – 65)
Digitalis	6
Beta and/or calcium channel blocker	8
Atrial fibrillatory rate, fpm	418±50 (336 – 521)
Ventricular rate, bpm	88±21 (61 – 123)

LAD = left atrial diameter, LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction