TABLE 1.
Patients’ baseline characteristics at the time of ablation.
| Characteristics | First pass (n = 10) | No first pass (n = 10) | p-value |
| Age (years) | 65.4 ± 4.4 | 61.2 ± 11.3 | 0.026 |
| Male (%) | 7 (70%) | 6 (60%) | 0.639 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.3 ± 3.2 | 30.2 ± 6.2 | 0.119 |
| Paroxysmal AF | 5 (50%) | 5 (50%) | 1 |
| CHADSVASC | 1.7 ± 1.3 | 2.4 ± 1.4 | 0.851 |
| HTN | 4 (40%) | 6 (60%) | 0.371 |
| Diabetes | 1 (10%) | 2 (20%) | 0.136 |
| OSA | 2 (20%) | 1 (10%) | 0.531 |
| CAD | 2 (20%) | 3 (30%) | 0.606 |
| Stroke | 0 (0%) | 1 (10%) | 0.305 |
| CHF | 2 (20%) | 3 (30%) | 0.606 |
| Atrial flutter ablation | 5 (50%) | 6 (60%) | 0.653 |
| Mean LVEF | 55.0 ± 9 | 55 ± 7 | 0.279 |
| LA diameter (cm) | 4.2 ± 0.7 | 4.7 ± 0.9 | 0.459 |