Table 3.

Comparisons of FDG activities pre- and post-RFCA in the atrium and EAT.

	Pre-RFCA	Post-RFCA	P-value
TBR
LA	1.2 (1.0, 1.6)	0.8 (0.7, 0.9)	0.001
LAA	1.1 (1.0, 1.4)	1.0 (0.9, 1.2)	0.051
RA	1.4 (1.3, 1.7)	1.1 (0.9, 1.2)	0.001
SUV max
EAT	1.5 (1.3, 1.7)	1.2 (1.1, 1.3)	0.002

TBR, Target-to-background tissue; SUV_max, maximum standardized uptake value; EAT, epicardial adipose tissue.