Safety and efficacy outcomes
The incidence of complications was comparable between the RF and CB
cohort (1.3% vs. 2.2%, p=0.67). Pericardial effusion and cardiac
tamponade occurred in one patient each in the RF group, and one patient
in the CB group developed transient acute kidney injury. There was no
significant difference between the success rate of freedom from AF or AT
at 1 year follow-up between patients receiving RF vs. CB ablation
(59.7% vs. 66.7%, p=0.68) (Figure 1).