Study Population:
All consecutive patients who underwent AF ablation at Stony Brook
University Hospital between January 2013 and July 2021 were included.
During the study period, 1568 AF ablations in 1412 patients were
performed; 535 (33%) were female. Data for AF recurrence, procedure
complications, and emergency department visits/in-patient
hospitalizations was collected by chart review. The Stony Brook Medicine
Institutional Review Board reviewed and approved this study. The patient
consent requirement was waived because of the retrospective
observational chart review study design. We included CA using either
radiofrequency ablation or cryoablation.