Patient characteristics
Our study included a total of 194 patients, of whom 149 (76.8%)
underwent RF ablation and 45 (23.1%) underwent CB ablation (Table 1).
The mean age of the study patients was 78 ± 3.1 years, and 113 (58.2%)
were men. 117 (60.6%) of all patients had PAF, while 76 (39.4%) of the
patients had persistent AF (PsAF). The mean body mass index (BMI) was
27.9 ± 5.1 kg/m2, and the mean
CHA2DS2-VASc
score was 3.5 ± 1.2. A history of hypertension was documented in 132
(68%) patients, diabetes mellitus (DM) and congestive heart failure
(CHF) in 25 (12.9%) patients each, stroke/ transient ischemic attack
(TIA) in 21 (10.8%) patients, and OSA in 19 (9.8%) patients. Overall,
no significant difference was detected in any baseline comorbidities
between the groups.