Comparing efficacy and safety in catheter ablation strategies for atrial fibrillation: a network meta-analysis

Table 1 Interventions included in NMA and their abbreviations

Interventions included in the NMA	Abbreviations of interventions included in NMA
Electrocardiogram based ablation	EGM
Ganglia plexi ablation	GP
Non-PVI lines ablation	lines
Pulmonary vein isolation	PVI
PVI and bi-atrial modification	PVI + BI-mod
PVI and combination of additional lines ablation and electrocardiogram-based ablation	PVI + comb
PVI and electrocardiogram-based ablation	PVI + EGM
PVI and ganglia plexi ablation	PVI + GP
PVI and left atrial auricle isolation	PVI + LAA
PVI and additional lines ablation	PVI + lines
PVI, posterior box isolation ± additional lines ablation	PVI + posterior ± lines
PVI and renal denervation	PVI + RDN
PVI and substrate modification	PVI + SUB-mod
PVI, superior vena cava isolation ± additional line ablation	PVI + SVC ± lines
PVI and stepwise approach	PVI + step
Isolation of some pulmonary veins	PVI partly
PVI and trigger ablation	PVI + trig
Single box isolation	Single box
Single box isolation and additional lines	Single box + lines
Antiarrhythmic drugs	AAD (used only in a sensitivity analysis)

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