Utilization and in-hospital complications of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with obesity and morbid obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Real-world data on atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation outcomes in obese populations have remained scarce, especially the relationship between obesity and in-hospital AF ablation outcome.

Hypothesis

Obesity is associated with higher complication rates and higher admission trend for AF ablation.

Methods

We drew data from the US National Inpatient Sample to identify patients who underwent AF ablation between 2005 and 2018. Sociodemographic and patients' characteristics data were collected, and the trend, incidence of catheter ablation complications and mortality were analyzed, and further stratified by obesity classification.

Results

A total of 153 429 patients who were hospitalized for AF ablation were estimated. Among these, 11 876 obese patients (95%

SUBMITTER: Prasitlumkum N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9019886 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature