Catheter Ablation for Hospitalized Atrial Fibrillation Patients with Reduced Systolic Function: Analysis of Inpatient Mortality, Resource Utilization and Complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Randomized trials have shown improvement in hard clinical end points when catheter ablation (CA) is employed as a management strategy for certain atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Limited data, however, exist in this realm outside the controlled clinical trial settings. We sought to determine real-world data on mortality and complications after utilization of CA in such patients.

Methods and results

Data were derived from National Inpatient Sample from January 2008 to August 2015. Patients were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes. Baseline characteristics and outcomes were compared among HFrEF and AF patients undergoing CA or no

SUBMITTER: Munir MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8691359 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature