. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 2.

Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2014 Jul 23;25(9):921–929. doi: 10.1111/jce.12474

TABLE 2.

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Persistent and Paroxysmal AF

Characteristic	All Patients	Paroxysmal AF	Persistent AF	P value
Number of patients	78	24	54
Age (years)	61.3 ± 10.1	60.6 ± 10.4	61.6 ± 10.1	0.71
Gender (male/female)	55/23	16/8	39/15	0.79
Left atrial diameter (mm) (intracardiac echocardiogram)	56 ± 9	53 ± 7	58 ± 10	0.06
No. with LA >55 mm (%)	38 (50.4%)	8 (33%)	30 (55.6%)	0.09
LVEF (%)	55 ± 8	58 ± 6	54 ± 8	0.04
Remote amiodarone use (N [%])	12 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (22.2%)	0.01