Biatrial versus Isolated Left Atrial Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Baseline characteristics of the included studies.

First author	Age (BA/LA, years)	Male (BA/LA)	Diabetes (BA/LA)	Heart failure (BA/LA)	Cerebrovascular events (BA/LA)	Hypertension (BA/LA)	Type of AF
Gualis	65.1 ± 10.2/71.6 ± 6.8	29/39	15/17	32/31	7/12	NR	Permanent persistent
Liu	49.87 ± 8.96/47.98 ± 8.64	21/23	NR	NR	NR	NR	Permanent persistent
Henn	64 ± 12	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Permanent persistent
Pecha	70.5 ± 7.3/70.1 ± 7.5	45/40	16/13	NR	NR	NR	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Jiang	52.7 ± 4.9/50.7 ± 5.9	22/21	7/8	36/29	2/2	11/8	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Soni	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Pecha	59 ± 28/68 ± 12	54/116	16/40	NR	NR	67/118	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Onorati	64 ± 9/65 ± 8	79/18	40/10	NR	NR	37/15	Permanent persistent
Kim	56.3 ± 12.0/52.1 ± 11.9	75/47	19/5	NR	NR	32/21	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Breda	60.0 ± 8.07/46.3 ± 9.54	9/5	NR	10/6.	NR	NR	Permanent persistent
Albage	64.9 ± 10.4/66.9 ± 6.7	34/54	4/11	17/28	2/7	10/27	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
McCarthy	68.7 ± 10.3/66.8 ± 12.1	42/88	13/22	NR	NR	NR	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Wang	67 ± 8/69 ± 9	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Permanent persistent
Deneke	53.4 ± 10.8/54.2 ± 10.1	54/62	NR	NR	NR	NR	Permanent persistent
Srivastava	37.11 ± 11.12/36.03 ± 7.99	19/22	NR	NR	NR	NR	Permanent persistent
Geuzebroek	63.3 ± 7.9/61.1 ± 10.3	21/17	NR	NR	NR	NR	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Deneke	68 ± 9	NR	NR	NR	NN	NR	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Calo	57.9 ± 8.9/59.2 ± 9.1	26/26	NR	NR	NR	16/18	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Ryan	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Paroxysmal persistent permanent
Guden	52 ± 11/54 ± 9	14/23	NR	NR	N	NR	Permanent persistent
Takami	54.7 ± 8.8/58.3 ± 8.7	11/9	NR	NR	NR	NR	Paroxysmal persistent permanent

BA: biatrial ablation; LA: left atrial ablation; NR: no report.