Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 163 patients who underwent a cryoablation procedure

Variable	Value
Age, years (mean ± SD)	63.6 ± 12.0
Male	95 (58.3%)
Female	68 (41.7%)
Race/ethnicity
White	157 (96.3%)
Black	2 (1.2%)
Other	0 (0%)
Hispanic or Latino	4 (2.5%)
Duration of atrial fibrillation, months (mean ± SD)	56.2 ± 63.9
Time between ablation and interview, months (mean ± SD)	34.0 ± 3.3
Type of atrial fibrillation
Paroxysmal	108 (66.3%)
Persistent	33 (20.3%)
Both	22 (13.1%)
Concomitant atrial flutter, by patient history	63 (38.7%)
Index ablation procedure was the
First ablation procedure	146 (90.0%)
Second ablation procedure	12 (7.4%)
Third ablation procedure	5 (3.1%)
Risk factors
Hypertension	93 (57.1%)
Coronary artery disease	21 (12.9%)
Cardiomyopathy	25 (15.3%)