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. 2020 Apr 30;12(6):2280. doi: 10.4022/jafib.2280

Table 2. Approach to Linear Ablation.

Variable Linear group (N=47) CFAE group (N=45) P-value
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