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Table 2 Baseline data

From: Concomitant ablation of atrial fibrillation in octogenarians: an observational study

  

Age < 80 yrs (n = 172)

Age ≥ 80 yrs (n = 28)

p

male gender

% (n)

57.6 (99)

35.7 (10)

0.031

body surface area

m2

1.9 ± 0.22

1.8 ± 0.18

0.003

coronary artery disease

% (n)

45.3 (78)

50.0 (14)

0.647

mitral valve disease

% (n)

50.0 (86)

28.6 (8)

0.035

aortic valve disease

% (n)

28.5 (49)

67.8 (19)

< 0.001

others

% (n)

9.3 (16)

-

-

previous embolism

% (n)

1.7 (3)

7.1 (2)

0.089

persistent AF

% (n)

89.0 (153)

75.0 (21)

0.042

AF duration

months

63 ± 86.3

48 ± 63.2

0.400

LA diameter

mm

49 ± 8.8

49 ± 6.1

0.954

LVEF

 

0.51 ± 0.013

0.52 ± 0.014

0.656

LVEDD

mm

54 ± 8.1

49 ± 10.4

0.379

NYHA class

 

2.9 ± 0.81

3.4 ± 0.67

0.021

logistic EuroSCORE

%

7.4 ± 7.31

17.3 ± 10.93

< 0.001

  1. AF, atrial fibrillation; LA, left atrial; LVEDD, left ventricular enddiastolic diameter; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA, New York Heart Association; yrs, years