Fig 1.
Flow diagram of identified studies.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and patient demographics.
Table 2.
Methods and follow-up regimens of included studies.
Fig 2.
(a) Forest plot of the overall pooled proportion of arrhythmia-free patients without antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) in all studies. (b) Forest plot of the overall pooled proportion of arrhythmia-free patients with AADs or repeat ablation procedures in all studies.
Fig 3.
Forest plot of overall pooled rate of severe short-term complications.
Fig 4.
Individual forest plots of subgroups.
a. Forest plot of studies that used unipolar radiofrequency (RF) energy; b. Forest plot of studies that used bipolar RF energy.
Fig 5.
Individual forest plots of subgroups.
a. Forest plot of one-step hybrid ablation: percentage of arrhythmia-free patients; b. Forest plot of staged hybrid ablation: percentage of arrhythmia-free patients; c. Forest plot of one-step hybrid ablation: rate of short-term complications; d. Forest plot of staged hybrid ablation: rate of short-term complications.
Fig 6.
Individual forest plots of subgroups.
a. Forest plot of patients with no previous percutaneous catheter ablation (PCA): percentage of arrhythmia-free patients; b. Forest plot of patients with previous PCA: percentage of arrhythmia-free patients.