Same-day discharge versus overnight stay after pulmonary vein isolation: an assessment on clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atrial fibrillation is increasingly prevalent and constitutes a severe economic and clinical burden. Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is an effective treatment. Evidence on the safety of same-day discharge (SDD) after PVI, instead of overnight stay (ONS), is limited.

Methods and results

This retrospective study uses data from PVI's performed between June 2018 and December 2020 in the Netherlands. Baseline characteristics, clinical outcome data, and healthcare utilization, extracted from two national databases, were compared between the implementation of an SDD protocol in a single center and a national benchmark where the majority is an ONS strategy. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed. We included data from 11,812 PVI's,1360 in the SDD protocol group,

SUBMITTER: Slingerland SRS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12399697 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature