Clinical Outcomes of Mortality, Readmissions, and Ischemic Stroke Among Medicare Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Closure via Implanted Device.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) has emerged as a nonpharmacological alternative for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Contemporary data regarding the characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing this procedure are limited.

Objective

To determine the characteristics, postprocedural mortality rate, and rates of readmission and ischemic stroke among Medicare beneficiaries who underwent LAAC via implanted device.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study used Medicare inpatient claims from January 2015 to December 2017 for 13 627 patients aged older than 65 years with a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation who underwent LAAC with an implanted device from January 2015 to November 2017. Data ana

SUBMITTER: Kabra R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6824326 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature