Table 1 Characteristics of the participants
| Â | Radiofrequency catheter ablation - RFA | Emergency care | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diagnoses and patients | TotalN = 270 | AVNRT n = 40 | WPWn = 16 | FATn=8 | Atrial macro-reentryn = 4 | AFLn = 16 | AFn = 126 | Ventricul ararrhythmian = 5 | AFn = 55 |
Age mean (SD) | 59.3(12.9) | 54.6(13.1) | 38.8(15.4) | 54.3(17.5) | 59.3(10.0) | 59.1(15.3) | 60.3(9.3) | 60.6(13.0) | 67.3(10.3) |
GenderF/M(MÂ %) | 93/177(66) | 23/17(43) | 8/8(50) | 5/3(38) | 1/3(75) | 3/13(81) | 33/93(74) | 0/5(100) | 20/35(64) |
Cohabitant/living alone(cohabit. %) 1 | 223/45(83) | 35/5(88) | 13/3(81) | 7/1(88) | 3/1(75) | 14/2(88) | 105/20(83) | 4/1(8) | 42/12(76) |
Education 2 | |||||||||
Elementary school certificate | 26(10) | 3(7.5) | 1(6) | 0 | 1(25) | 0 | 10(8) | 0 | 11(20) |
Compulsory school certificate | 71(26) | 14(35) | 2(13) | 4(50) | 0 | 2(13) | 34(27) | 0 | 15(27) |
Upper secondary school certificate | 96(36) | 11(28) | 9(56) | 3(38) | 3(75) | 7(44) | 44(35) | 2(40) | 17(31) |
College/University degree | 73(27) | 11(28) | 4(25) | 1(13) | 0 | 7(44) | 36(29) | 3(60) | 11(20) |
Medication 3 | |||||||||
Class I(%) | 46(17) | 0 | 1(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38(30) | 0 | 7(13) |
Class II(%) | 159(59) | 16(40) | 6(38) | 3(38) | 2(50) | 10(63) | 81(64) | 2(40) | 39(71) |
Class III(%) | 41(15) | 4(10) | 0 | 2(25) | 2(50) | 1(6) | 27(21) | 2(40) | 3(6) |
Class IV(%) | 36(13) | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 2(50) | 0 | 24(19) | 0 | 9(16) |
Digitalis(%) | 20(7) | 0 | 1(6) | 1(13) | 0 | 1(6) | 10(8) | 1(20) | 6(11) |