Optimal Catheter Ablation Strategy for Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: A Retrospective Study

Table 2

Clinical outcomes of the patients and changes in TTE parameters and BNP.

	PVI only (n = 56)	PVI + additional ablation (n = 62)
Recovered EF (n)	40 (71.4%)	46 (74.2%)	0.736
Number of rehospitalizations	1.2 ± 1.8	0.94 ± 1.5	0.270
∆ LA	−1.4 ± 3.4	−1.8 ± 3.8	0.579
∆ LVD	−0.2 ± 3.3	−1.0 ± 4.1	0.246
∆ LVEF	11.3 ± 7.9	10.3 ± 7.8	0.485
∆ BNP (ng/L)	−280.7 ± 755.6	−93.3 ± 213.5	0.476