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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: Atrial fibrillation: real-life experience of a rhythm control with electrical cardioversion in a community hospital

  

Overall, N = 435

Successa, N = 377

Failurea, N = 58

 

N

Valueb

Valueb

Valueb

Demographics

    

   Age (years)

435

66 (60, 76)

66 (60, 76)

68 (59, 76)

   Sex

435

   

      Male

 

212 (49%)

182 (48%)

30 (52%)

      Female

 

223 (51%)

195 (52%)

28 (48%)

Comorbidities

    

   Arterial hypertension

435

210 (48%)

181 (48%)

29 (50%)

   Coronary heart disease

435

83 (19%)

69 (18%)

14 (24%)

   Heart failure

435

163 (37%)

144 (38%)

19 (33%)

   Diabetes mellitus

435

44 (10%)

42 (11%)

2 (3.4%)

   No comorbidities

435

134 (31%)

114 (30%)

20 (34%)

Echocardiographic parametersc

    

   LV ejection fraction, %

135

53 (42, 61)

53 (41, 60)

60 (48, 65)

   Index of LV end-diastolic volume, ml/m²

127

49 (37, 62)

50 (37, 61)

47 (33, 71)

   Index of left atrial volume, ml/m²

56

41 (33, 54)

41 (32, 55)

45 (36, 49)

   Index of LV mass, g/m²

110

94 (80, 124)

94 (79, 124)

95 (81, 117)

   Body mass index

239

29.3 (26.3, 33.8)

29.3 (26.0, 33.7)

30.5 (27.2, 35.4)

  1. aOutcomes of the first cardioversion for each patient
  2. bMedian (IQR); n (%)
  3. cEchocardiography parameters are available only for the proportion of patients