Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Group I (bonus-freeze) |
Group II (no bonus-freeze) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients, n
Age (years) |
60 62 ± 11 |
60 61 ± 11 |
0.84 |
| Female gender, n (%) | 24 (40) | 22 (37) | 0.24 |
| Paroxysmal AF, n (%) | 45 (75) | 50 (83) | 0.54 |
| Short persistent AF, n (%) | 15 (25) | 10 (17) | 0.54 |
| Duration of AF (years) | 36 ± 40 | 35 ± 31 | 0.31 |
| LA-size (mm) | 43 ± 5 | 42 ± 8 | 0.27 |
| Arterial hypertension, n (%) | 42 (70) | 37 (62) | 0.86 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 8 (13) | 5 (8) | 0.36 |
| Coronary artery disease, n (%) | 6 (10) | 9 (15) | 0.10 |
| Prior stroke, n (%) | 3 (5) | 5 (8) | 0.11 |
| Mean CHA2DS2-VASc-score | 1.95 | 1.8 | 0.27 |
AF atrial fibrillation, LA left atrium