Table 4. The effect of hypertension on the outcome of AF ablation.

Patients	Ablation success	Ablation recurrence	Success rate (%)	P value
PAF				0.067
Normotensive	78	16	82.9
Hypertensive	29	13	69
Persistent AF				0.207
Normotensive	36	6	85.7
Hypertensive	26	9	74.2
All patients				0.095
Normotensive	114	22	83.8
Hypertensive	55	22	71.4

AF, atrial fibrillation; PAF paroxysmal AF.