Table 2. Approach to Linear Ablation.
Variable | Linear group (N=47) | CFAE group (N=45) | P-value | ||
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1C Line Completed, n (%) | |||||
. Yes | 45 | (96%) | |||
. No | 2 | (4%) | |||
IC line Bidirectional Block, n (%) | |||||
. Yes | 29 | (64%) | |||
. No | 16 | (36%) | |||
1A Line Completed, n (%) | |||||
. Yes | 46 | (98%) | |||
. No | 1 | (2%) | |||
IA line Bidirectional Block, n (%) | |||||
. Yes | 39 | (85%) | |||
. No | 7 | (15%) | |||
CTI, n (%) | 0.62 | ||||
. Yes | 38 | (83%) | 38 | (86%) | |
. No | 8 | (17%) | 6 | (14%) | |
CTI Bidirectional Block, n (%) | 0.56 | ||||
. Yes | 37 | (95%) | 38 | (97%) | |
. No | 2 | (5%) | 1 | (3%) | |
AF termination | |||||
. During PVI, n (%) | 5 | (11%) | 2 | (5%) | 0.28 |
. During Linear Ablation, n (%) | 2 | (4%) | 0 | (0%) | 0.37 |
. During CFAE Ablation, n (%) | 0 | (0%) | 3 | (7%) | 0.79 |
Spontaneous ERAF, n (%) | 3 | (6%) | 5 | (11%) | 0.42 |