Table 1. Demographics and results of control group and study group.
Control group | Study group | p value | |
Number of patients | 62 | 41 | - |
Number of procedures | 68 | 41 | - |
Follow-up duration (months), mean ± SD | 22.7 ± 15 | 10.7 ± 4.4 | - |
Age (years), mean ± SD | 14 ± 3.5 | 12 ± 3.4 | 0.004 |
Height (cm), mean ± SD | 157.3 ± 16.8 | 149.4 ± 16 | 0.016 |
Weight (kg), mean ± SD | 52.7 ± 15.9 | 45.1 ± 15.5 | 0.017 |
Sex (male: female) | 32:30 | 24:17 | 0.49 |
Fluoroscopy time (minutes), mean ± SD | 30.9 ± 23.9 | 0 | < 0.001 |
Procedure duration (minutes), mean ± SD | 104.7 ± 65.1 | 98.6 ± 57.6 | 0.62 |
Arrhythmia mechanism, n (%) | |||
AVNRT | 37 (59.7) | 10 (24.4) | - |
Parahisian AP | 9 (14.5) | 9 (22). | - |
Non-pararhisian AP | 12 (19.4) | 21 (51.2) | - |
Multiple mechanisms | 4 (6.5) | 1 (2.4) | - |
Types of ablation (n) | |||
Radiofrequency ablation | 22 | 22 | - |
Cryoablation | 46 | 19 | - |
AP, accessory pathway; AVNRT, atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia.