Overall (n=259) ERAT (n=127) No ERAT (n=132) p-value
Age, years 60.6 ± 11.4 63.1 ± 9.5 58.2 ± 12.5 <0.001
Male gender 131 (50.6) 66 (52.0) 65 (49.2) 0.753
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 23.4 ± 3.4 23.7 ± 3.4 23.2 ± 3.4 0.240
Cardiac or coexisting conditions
Hypertension 119 (45.9) 62 (48.8) 57 (43.2) 0.432
Diabetes mellitus 41 (15.8) 24 (18.9) 17 (12.9) 0.248
Chronic lung disease 55 (21.2) 30 (32.6) 25 (18.9) 0.442
Previous CAD 11 (4.2) 9 (7.1) 2 (1.5) 0.056
Congestive heart failure 61 (23.6) 29 (22.8) 32 (24.2) 0.904
Previous CVA 56 (21.6) 26 (20.5) 30 (22.7) 0.772
Current Smoker 36 (13.9) 18 (14.2) 18 (13.6) 1.000
Chronic kidney disease 67 (25.9) 38 (29.9) 29 (22.0) 0.187
Dyslipidemia 150 (58.0) 75 (59.1) 75 (56.8) 0.811
NYHA functional class ≥ 3 71 (55.9) 71 (55.9) 60 (45.5) 0.119
CHA2DS2-VASc score 2.3 ± 1.6 2.4 ± 1.6 2.2 ± 1.7 0.317
Persistent AF 215 (83.0) 117 (92.1) 98 (74.2) <0.001
Left atrial size, mm 54.2 ± 10.8 56.1 ± 12.1 52.3 ± 8.9 0.004
Left ventricular ejection fraction, % 58.9 ± 10.5 58.9 ± 10.2 58.8 ± 10.9 0.952
EuroSCORE II, % 5.7 ± 7.0 6.2 ± 6.5 5.2 ± 7.4 0.262