Intracardiac Fibrinolysis and Endothelium Activation Related to Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with Different Techniques

Table 1

Baseline parameters in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation with PVAC, Cryo, and IRF technologies. Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range). Categorical variables are indicated as number (percentage), unless otherwise stated.

Variables	PVAC (7)	Cryo (n = 10)	IRF (n = 14)	value
Age (years)	64.4 (59.9–69.4)	58.7 (48.4–65.6)	61.3 (55.3–65.1)	0.377
Male, n (%)	5 (71.43)	7 (70.00)	7 (50.00)	0.575
Left atrium size (mm)	43.14 ± 14	42.30 ± 3.30	42.00 ± 4.59	0.315
CHADS2-VASC score (mean)	2.29	1.50	2.36	0.514
INR on the day of the procedure	2.55 ± 0.46	2.35 ± 0.39	2.51 ± 0.45	0.208
LA access time (min)	75.00 (64.00–80.00)	83.00 (56.75–113.30)	150.00 (135.8–167.00)	<0.001