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. 2021 Oct 20;8:609590. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.609590

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.