Table 1.

Characteristics of Studies on Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Mitral Valve Replacement

Study Ref. #	Year	Design	N. pts (MVR)	N. pts (CTRL)	Abl. technique	FU (months)
Lang et al. [11]	2005	Case/Ctrl	26	52	CPVA + MIL (81%) + PL	10
Lakkireddy et al. [10]	2011	Case/Ctrl	50	50	PVAI + CFAE (NPAF) + Non-PV Triggers	12
Hussein et al. [9]	2011	Case/Ctrl	81	162	PVAI	24
Mountantonakis et al. [12]	2011	Case/Ctrl	21	21	MIL	6

N. = number; pts = patients; MVR = mitral valve replacement; CTRL = controls; Abl. = ablation; FU = follow-up; CPVA = circumferential pulmonary vein ablation; MIL = mitral isthmus line; PL = posterior left atrial line; PVAI = pulmonary vein antral isolation; CFAE = complex fractionated atrial electrograms.