Table II.
Clinical characteristics of the studied patients
| Characteristics | GP ablation (n = 37) |
PVAI (n = 42) |
Extended PVAI (n = 41) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinus rhythm at the end of the procedure (n, %) | 17 (45%) | 17 (40%) | 19 (46%) | 0.836 |
| Stop-and-restart phenomenon (n, %) | 14.38% | 11.25% | 14.35% | 0.524 |
| Vagal reactions (n, %) | 11.30% | 5.12% | 10.25% | 0.138 |
| Fluoroscopy time, min | 33.2 ± 6.7 | 38.6 ± 4.4 | 40.1 ± 6.6 | 0.08 |
| Procedure duration, min | 142.5 ± 16.6 | 153.0 ± 18.1 | 166.5 ± 13.5 | 0.06 |
| Overall duration of the RF energy delivery, min | 44.6 ± 6.7 | 53.1 ± 8.2 | 64.3 ± 11.7 | 0.03 |
| Ratio of cumulative lesion surface area to the total LA area, % | 21.4 ± 1.7 | 23.3 ± 2.6 | 27.9 ± 2.53 | 0.001 |
| All data are presented as absolute values (n) and percentages (%), as well as means (M) and standard deviation (σ) | ||||