Comparison of the Different Anesthesia Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Summary of included studies.

Study	Publication year	Country	Study type	Sample size	AF type	Male gender, n (%)	Mean age	Anesthesia strategy	Median followup duration (months)
Moravec [23]	2020	Czech republic	RCT	150	PAF	105 (70.0)	56.6	GA vs. CS	12
Stašková [22]	2017	Czech republic	RCT	50	PAF	33 (66.0)	59.8	GA vs. CS	12
Traykov [25]	2021	Bulgaria	Retrospective study	167	PAF, PsAF	116 (69.5)	57.5	GA vs. CS	20
Chikata [17]	2017	Japan	Retrospective study	176	PAF, PsAF	134 (76.1)	66.2	GA vs. CS	17.3 vs. 11.3
Wang [24]	2021	China	Retrospective study	351	PAF, PsAF	208 (59.3)	62.4	GA vs. CS	12
Xu [15]	2017	China	Retrospective study	498	PAF, PsAF	317 (63.7)	60.6	GA vs. CS	12
Bun [14]	2015	Monaco	Retrospective study	90	PAF, PsAF	63 (70.0)	60.5	GA vs. CS	12
Martin [13]	2018	UK	Prospective study	292	PsAF	238 (81.5)	59.2	GA vs. CS	12
Narui [26]	2017	Japan	Retrospective study	255	PAF, PsAF	229 (89.8)	56.5	Deep sedation vs. CS	18
Hama [27]	2017	Japan	Retrospective study	389	PAF	262 (67.4)	67	GA/deep sedation vs. CS	6

AF = atrial fibrillation; UK = United Kingdom; RCT = randomized controlled trial; PAF = paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; PsAF = persistent atrial fibrillation; RFA = radiofrequency ablation; GA = general anesthesia; CS = conscious sedation.