In-hospital safety outcomes of left atrial appendage occlusion in octogenarians and nonagenarians
Ismayl M, Ahmed H, Goldsweig A, Freeman J, Alkhouli M. In-hospital safety outcomes of left atrial appendage occlusion in octogenarians and nonagenarians. EP Europace 2024, 26: euae055. PMID: 38391186, PMCID: PMC10927254, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euae055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutcomes of left atrial appendage occlusionLeft atrial appendage occlusionIn-hospital all-cause mortalityOdds of vascular complicationsLength of stayAll-cause mortalityYounger patientsAppendage occlusionComposite of in-hospital all-cause mortalityOdds of in-hospital all-cause mortalityVascular complicationsSafety outcomesAcute kidney injuryNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyInpatient Sample databaseYears of ageCardiac tamponadeBlood transfusionProcedural complicationsSafety profileKidney injuryLogistic regression modelsElderly patientsCohort study