Baseline characteristics
The final population comprised of 191 patients with a mean age of 61.0±10.5 years, 131(68.6) of them were male. Patients undergoing ‘upgraded 2C3L’ procedure had a higher prevalence of hypertension(48.5% vs 22.4%, p<0.001). The intergroup difference was not statistically significant in terms of age, sex, type of AF, ultrasound features, and other comorbidities. (Table 1)