NPPB and congestive heart failure: Patients with LAA TM were older (p = 0.025), had a higher prevalence of non-paroxysmal AF (p < 0.001), congestive heart failure (p < 0.001), and had higher CHA2DS2-VASc scores (p = 0.022), fibrinogen (p = 0.042), N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-ProBNP) (p < 0.001), and serum uric acid levels (p = 0.033).