Table 2: Procedural Characteristics:

Use of peri-procedural anticoagulation (AC), imaging, catheter types and provocation testing as well as procedural times for overall population and by AF subtype. Data presented as N (%) or median (IQR) as appropriate.

	Overall	Paroxysmal AF	Persistent AF	p-value
N	3139	1778 (56.6%)	1361 (43.4%)
Peri-procedure AC strategy				0.0134
Uninterrupted	2280 (73.6%)	1299 (74.4%)	981 (72.4%)
Interrupted	688 (22.2%)	389 (22.3%)	299 (22.1%)
Bridging	132 (4.3%)	58 (3.3%)	74 (5.5%)
Pre-procedure Imaging
Preoperative TEE	1535 (49.0%)	762 (43.0%)	773 (56.9%)	<0.0001
CT	1889 (60.3%)	1106 (62.3%)	783 (57.7%)	0.0079
MRI	91 (2.9%)	66 (3.7%)	25 (1.8%)	0.0019
Intra-procedure Imaging
Intra-cardiac echocardiography	2867 (91.5%)	1628 (91.8%)	1239 (91.2%)	0.5954
3D electroanatomic mapping	2843 (90.8%)	1602 (90.3%)	1241 (91.4%)	0.3008
Intra-operative TEE	436 (13.9%)	248 (14.0%)	188 (13.8%)	0.9134
Rotational angiography	176 (5.6%)	103 (5.8%)	73 (5.4%)	0.6042
Energy and catheter type
Irrigated RF with contact force	2206 (70.5%)	1222 (69.0%)	984 (72.5%)	0.0335
Irrigated RF without contact force	271 (8.7%)	135 (7.6%)	136 (10.0%)	0.0182
Cryoballoon	743 (23.7%)	468 (26.4%)	275 (20.2%)	<0.0001
Other	53 (1.7%)	29 (1.6%)	24 (1.8%)	0.7788
Provocation testing*
Burst pacing	1652 (68.5%)	942 (67.9%)	710 (69.4%)	0.4222
Isoproternol	1148 (47.6%)	626 (45.1%)	552 (51.0%)	0.0040
Adenosine	602 (25.0%)	394 (28.4%)	208 (20.3%)	<0.0001
Other	224 (9.3%)	149 (10.7%)	75 (7.3%)	0.0044
Procedure time (minutes)
Ablation time	37 (17-59)	35 (17.5-53)	41 (17-67)	<0.0001
Fluoroscopy time	16 (8-28)	15 (7-26)	18 (10-30)	<0.0001
Total procedure time	180 (140-230)	174 (137-218)	190 (146-240)	<0.0001

Abbreviations: AF= atrial fibrillation; AC = anticoagulation; CT = computed tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; TEE = transesophageal echocardiography; RF = radiofrequency.

^*All patients in this cohort received provocation testing of some type.