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Table 3 Procedure-related complications

From: The effect of empirical superior vena cava isolation during total thoracoscopic ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Variables

Total

(nā€‰=ā€‰191)

No-SVC ablation

(nā€‰=ā€‰93, 49%)

SVC ablation

(nā€‰=ā€‰98, 51%)

p value

Total

12 (6%)

6 (7%)

6 (6%)

0.925

Pericarditis

5 (3%)

3 (3%)

2 (2%)

0.676

Pacemaker implantation

3 (2%)

0

3 (3%)

0.247

Stroke

3 (2%)

2 (2%)

1 (1%)

0.613

Death

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

0

0.487