3.1 Patient Characteristics
The mean age of the patients was 63.1 ± 10.6 years. Structural heart
disease was present in one patient with PAF who had hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy. No other structural heart disease was found in both AF
groups. The mean LA diameter measured by the echocardiogram was 43.3 ±
5.6mm. The demographics and clinical characteristics of the patient are
shown in Table 1.