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.