Rates and predictors of hospital and emergency department care after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation has become increasingly safer, rehospitalization and emergency department (ED) evaluations can occur in the postablation period. Better understanding of the frequency, causes, and predictors for hospitalization and ED evaluation after ablation are needed, particularly as same-day discharge programs expand.

Methods

The Optum Clinformatics database was used to define rates, causes, and predictors of hospital and ED care after AF ablation performed between January 2016 and May 2019. Primary outcomes were all-cause hospital and ED care within 30 days of discharge. Independent predictors of all-cause ED and hospital admissions care were determined via logistic regression.

Results

Of the 18 848 patients in this study,

SUBMITTER: Friedman DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12367331 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature