Table 5.
Subgroup analysis of procedure time, RF ablation time, and fluoroscopy time.
| Subgroup | Procedure time | RF ablation time | Fluoroscopy time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of studies | WMD (95% CI) | p-value | No. of studies | WMD (95% CI) | p-value | No. of studies | WMD (95% CI) | p-value | |
| CF-sensing catheter | |||||||||
| With | 9 | −48.29 (−63.72, −32.87) | <0.001 | 8 | −18.92 (−24.90, −12.93) | <0.001 | 8 | −3.08 (−5.31, −0.84) | 0.007 |
| Without | 3 | −38.70 (−63.13, −14.27) | 0.002 | 2 | −20.84 (−26.74, −14.94) | <0.001 | 4 | −18.51 (−36.21, −0.81) | 0.040 |
| AI guided RF ablation | |||||||||
| With | 5 | −38.40 (−57.48, −19.33) | <0.001 | 5 | −20.82 (−30.16, −11.47) | <0.001 | 5 | −3.83 (−7.07, −0.60) | 0.020 |
| Without | 7 | −51.72 (−70.15, −33.28) | <0.001 | 5 | −18.15 (−21.62, −14.69) | <0.001 | 7 | −11.00 (−22.08, 0.07) | 0.051 |
| Total | 12 | −46.11 (−59.15, −33.07) | <0.001 | 10 | −19.19 (−24.47, −19.30) | <0.001 | 12 | −7.82 (−15.13, −0.52) | 0.036 |
CF, contact force; AI, ablation index; RF, radiofrequency; WMD, weighted mean difference; CI, confidence interval.